--- begin forwarded text Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:18:29 -0700 From: Somebody To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Absolute Snakeoil >From the SafeMessage Faq What level of encryption is used in SafeMessage? Unfortunately, there is no straightforward answer to this question, because "level" doesn't mean anything in the encryption world. [le snippage] The bottom line is that there is no straightforward and concise answer to your question. We at AFTI have analyzed a number of encryption systems, and we believe SafeMessage to be more secure than any of the competition. But we can't provide a simple bit-count, for example, because our system encrypts the same data with several different ciphers and keys, some symmetric, some asymmetric from large fields, complicating the math of arriving at said bitcount. --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
