"PGP Encryption Proves Powerful"

[John Kelsey]

At 11:18 AM 6/1/03 -0400, Ian Grigg wrote:
...
>This sounds workable in theory, but in practice,
>one has to work with the skills base of the users
>and the stress of the work.
>
>Terrorists are generally not adept at technical
>work.  They are not really chosen for their
>skills;  more their loyalty, their anger, and
>often their simplistic belief in "some other
>bad guy" stories.  Terrorists are like soldiers,
>mostly drawn from the lower echelons of society,
>with a small smattering of bright sparks who
>rise to the top (if they survive at all).  If
>they could master technically challenging tools
>like crypto then they'd not be terrorists, they'd
>be out there making a living.

Yeah, I suspect you're right.  And the big problem with these threshhold 
schemes is that non-cryptographers end up unable to figure out what the 
heck is going on with them.  Once you get past 2/n schemes, most peoples' 
eyes glaze over.
...

>iang

--John Kelsey, kelsey.j at ix.netcom.com
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