Phil Zimmerman and voice encryption; a Skype problem?

dan at geer.org dan at geer.org
Mon May 22 12:49:39 EDT 2006



"Steven M. Bellovin" writes:
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 | .............................. -- that leaves open the possibility of a
 | protocol change that implemented some sort of Clipper-like functionality.
 | A silent change like that would be *very* ominous.
 | 

I'm reminded of Adi Shamir's 2004 Turing Award Lecture

* Absolutely secure systems do not exist
* To halve your vulnerability, you have to double your expenditure
* Cryptography is typically bypassed, not penetrated


--dan


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