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[James A. Donald]

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James A. Donald:
> > We can, and should, compare any system with the
> > attacks that are made upon it.   As a boat should
> > resist every probable storm, and if it does not it
> > is a bad boat, an encryption system should resist
> > every real threat, and if it does not it is a bad
> > encryption system.

Aram Perez
> I'm sorry James, but you can't expect a (several
> hundred dollar) rowboat to resist the same probable
> storm as a (million dollar) yacht.

Software is cheaper than boats - the poorest man can
afford the strongest encryption, but he cannot afford
the strongest boat.


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         James A. Donald
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     /RDdl4GaftLppriBOAhXkSmzUWuV9JdpELHaG+Yq
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