| From: | Joshua James Harrison <harrij4@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: more encrypts |
| Date: | Mon, 28 Mar 1994 12:37:55 -0500 |
work very well, because 1) Many people on the list don't subscribe to Plot-D
(don't ask me why, they just don't) and won't see the stuff and 2) It won't go
into the Shadowtalk logs (straight or edited) and so there is a gap in the
action, so to speak... we get everybody planning the run, and then everybody
reacting to the run, but we never see the cool bit of the run itself...
I agree that encryptions are getting out of hand... but I don't have any real
solutions... if you really want a message private, send it direct e-mail and
talk about it publicly later... if it isn't really immportant to forward the
plot (ie, you're just setting up a meet to trade something) why not do the
following:
>>>>>[Hey Frenchy, I'll get in touch with you privately regarding our
meeting
to do YOU KNOW WHAT.]<<<<<
-- Raul <T/D stamp>
This conveys plot info (there is a meet between Frenchy and Raul) without
revealing 'sensitive' information (where and when it is, what its about). It's
a matter of intelligent writing. Use a little bit of creativity, and the need
for encrypts should decline... or if you must, use the simple >>location<<
bit.
In response to the Scramble IC comment... Scramble IC (as far as I understood
it) is not an encryption. If the Scramble is tripped, it takes all the data
pieces and messes them up. If that happens, the decker needs time to work on
it and piece it back together. What you're thinking of in terms of 'opening it
up in a second' is the work needed to not trigger it. If the data were really
that sensitive, it would be really hard to get there, and it wouldn't be
protected by Scramble, now would it (try Red nodes and Blaster/Trace & Burn or
even Black IC. Not too much fun now, is it chummer?
Besides, don't you think that the premiere deckers in the world can't set up a
decent security system? They know how to crack it, they should know how to
make it very difficult to crack... Shadowland is one of the most secure places
in the net, because of that reason. Not completely impenetrable, but still
very secure.
That's my two bits... give or take.
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