From:	Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Easy Unbreakable Encryption!
Date:	Tue, 20 Jun 1995 22:23:42 -0400

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
writes:

Robert> I'd sooner believe you could cast a Manaball in orbit than crack
Robert> a complex encryption algorithim,

You're wrong. *ANY* encryption algorithm can be cracked, given enough
time and effort. This is a fact.

Robert> especially one based on another language, with a non-accessible
Robert> key (preferrably a long list of one-time keys) in real time,
Robert> thank you very much.

One-time-pads are not encryption systems, they're ciphers. They're the
only analytically unbreakable cipher in the world. But OTP is vulnerable
to physical attack in order to get the pad: you still need a means of
key distribution and that's your vulnerable point, the run against YOU
previously mentioned.

[...]

Robert> Well headshot will stuff you up, if the gear needs a code to
Robert> activate...

Codes can be broken or stolen.

Robert> sooner or later, the others will catch on to you, and you've
Robert> wasted it all. And what makes you think the algorithim for the
Robert> encryption is in a readable form?

If it doesn't exist in a readable form, it doesn't exist in a usable
form.

Robert> And HOW THE HELL DO YOU PLAN TO TRIANGULATE ME IN A CITY FULL OF
Robert> PEOPLE USING MOBILE PHONES?

Cellular phones use RF, obviously. RF is *trivial* to track. Two
receivers tuned to your phone's frequencies or codes and you're a
beacon in the night.

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