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- From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark)
- Subject: Re: DES source code for Aliens
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.093534.18590@uwm.edu>
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- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Aug24.071236.3172@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au> <BtKAxs.Cyy@world.std.com> <1992Aug29.214902.27422@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:35:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug29.214902.27422@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> wcs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs) writes:
- >(Of course, the way the War On Politically Incorrect Drugs is going,
- >privacy-protection software may soon be declared an "Assault Weapon",
- >but that's a rant for alt.conspiracy :-)
-
- What may or may not be done in this matter is irrelevant. There is an
- encryption method which will generate English output from any arbitrary clear
- text. So how would anyone ever know such and such file is an encrypted file?
-
- Second, I could write a general purpose file utility which has no explicit
- encryption capibility in it, but which can be caused by the user to act like
- an encryption program. Any binary editor satisfies that criterion. All the
- user has to do in this extreme example is do the encryption by hand using the
- editor. A more elaborate editor will assist the user in this process and
- speed things up, but will still be a general purpose file utility. A still
- more elaborate file utility will automate almost all the process, but will
- still be a general purpose file utility and will require just a little push
- from the user to do encryption.
-
- No law can draw the line. Therefore no law can exist.
-