Randolf, Now you're talking. The best way for the Internet community to defend itself against knee jerk foolish decisions by Congress is to step up to the plate and offer realistic solutions. I'll refrain from making what I feel are a few trivial comments about your reply: it is a fine response that can stand on its own, and I sincerely thank you. Dennis Eberl > From: Randolph Fritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 22:23:11 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2758] Re: US Congress already discussing bans on strong > crypto] > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 06:45:15PM -0700, Dennis J. Eberl wrote: >> >> This is the first reasonable response I have read. Randolf, how would you >> crack bin Laden's security? >> > > Well, to begin with, find out what languages his organization uses and > find people who know them well. Then undertake some straight physical > espionage. Steal his laptop if you can. (This will also force him to > redistribute keys, by channels which perhaps can be traced.) Start > gathering information on what type of cryptography the bin Laden > organization (surely it has a name? why do we not know it?) uses. > Go from there. Do a traffic analysis, if that's possible. Break his > crypto. Traffic analysis, I would say, is probably one > of the most effective tactics--since Afghanistan bans the internet, > traffic near the time of a bin Laden organization activity is likely > to stick out. And plain old spying is still very effective. > > In other words, plain old espionage grunt-work. > > Randolph > >
