X.509 / PKI, PGP, and IBE Secure Email Technologies

[Aram Perez]

On Dec 7, 2005, at 10:24 PM, James A. Donald wrote:

>     --
> 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.

If it is that cheap, then why are we having this discussion? Why  
isn't there a cheap security solution that even my mother can use?

Respectfully,
Aram Perez


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