-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/01/07 10:23, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:48:54 +0000 > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Joe, > >>> You can *send* it them. They're unlikely to be able to *read* it, >>> though. :-) >> LOL. You've got that right. > > It's the pedant in me. > >>> Since various governments stopped trying to prosecute Phil >>> Zimmerman, conspiracy theorists say that they (the governments) >>> have found a sure-fire algorithm or crack for PGP. >> I kind of thought so. I also have serious doubts over the real >> security benefits of SELinux specifically because it was developed by >> the NSA. It is not rational that they would design a security system > > I hadn't realised that. Mind you, I've never investigated SELinux, so > it wouldn't have become apparent to me, anyway. > >> that they could not access, and then release it to the public. >> I guess that's the pessimist in me thinking that. > > I say realist. ;-)
Since the source code is open for all to see, every kernel hacker with a bit of paranoia has pored over SELinux with a sub-micron comb. They've found nothing. >>> an intellectual exercise. Visit http://www.distributed.net/ for >>> more info. >> I will. I wondered why the export of encryption was relaxed so as to > > RC5 is an interesting exercise, but serves no real purpose. Whereas Like SETI? > one of distributed's other projects, OGR, has some real value. > >>> Hmmm, I talk to too many conspiracy theorists....... >> Well, with the fact that most internet traffic is being monitored by >> government institutions, I would think that this message is now being >> read by the programs that flag "suspected" mail specifically because >> you mentioned the flagged words. > > Maybe, but with every Tom, Dick and Harry using some of those "suspect" > words in their everyday conversations, emails, and texts, they're > probably swamped with stuff. They must have some way of sifting > through it rapidly. Emacs users thought of that long ago. Since at least the Carnivore days there has been an emacs extension that fills your .signature with random "hot" words. [snip] - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGD9ihS9HxQb37XmcRArWRAKCmTHLPcZMOMseyZST4yCJ0hhK50ACgw2fb mNn09dynw27f+4ZGMuffwyQ= =V4mO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
