[Cryptography] protecting information ... was: we need to protect our dox
John Denker
jsd at av8n.com
Thu Nov 10 14:14:53 EST 2016
On 11/10/2016 01:37 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> If you give the command "SECURE THE BUILDING", here is what the different
> services would do:
>
> The NAVY would turn out the lights and lock the doors.
>
> The ARMY would surround the building with defensive fortifications, tanks and
> concertina wire.
>
> The MARINE CORPS would assault the building, using overlapping fields of fire
> from all appropriate points on the perimeter.
>
> The AIR FORCE would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy.
Excellent. Thanks!
Continuing in that vein:
The US SECRET SERVICE would send everybody in the building a memo,
telling them to change their passwords. They would hand-deliver the
memo, because they are not allowed to send or receive email. They
would then depart, driving at 75 MPH enroute to a secure undisclosed
location (i.e. a brothel).
The county DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS wouldn't lock the doors, but they
would put tamper-evident seals across all the door/jamb joints.\1\
Reference:
\1\ "We studied 198 different seals and demonstrated how all
can be defeated quickly using low-tech methods available to
almost anyone."
Roger G. Johnston, Anthony R.E. Garcia, and Adam N. Pacheco
"Efficacy of Tamper-Indicating Devices"
http://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-02-0492
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