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  1. Newsgroups: sci.crypt
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  3. From: hmiller@lucpul.it.luc.edu (Hugh Miller)
  4. Subject: Re: Spies using PGP
  5. Message-ID: <hmiller.724346098@lucpul.it.luc.edu>
  6. Sender: root@lucpum.it.luc.edu (System PRIVILEGED Account)
  7. Organization: Loyola University Chicago
  8. References: <1992Dec10.064145.21209@fasttech.com> <hmiller.724028396@lucpul.it.luc.edu> <1992Dec14.054304.1311@fasttech.com>
  9. Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:14:58 GMT
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  12. In <1992Dec14.054304.1311@fasttech.com> zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:
  13.  
  14. >I'm not really a student of bureaucracy but I'll suggest that Not Invented
  15. >Here would be a bigger obstacle keeping an agency from adopting PGP than any
  16. >weaknesses in it. There is a general consensus that real spooks disparage the
  17. >use of factoring based cryptosystems, but perhaps *that* is disinformation.
  18.  
  19. That's just my point.  I'm not suggesting PGP is cryptographically weak, jus
  20. that "Do Everything In-House" is the overriding rule.
  21.  
  22. -- 
  23. Hugh Miller         | Dept. of Philosophy | Loyola University of Chicago
  24. Voice: 312-508-2727 |  FAX: 312-508-2292  |    hmiller@lucpul.it.luc.edu
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