How Would Crypto Back Doors Work?

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How Would Crypto Back Doors Work?

Posted by Hemos on Thursday September 20, 2001 @06:06AM from the what-goes-into-it dept.

frantzdb writes "We've been hearing about adding crypto back doors for the govement to snoop on us, but how would they work? Would there be one key that could be cracked opening up all such traffic? Also, how would/does the government know wether a bitstream is random bits, or encrypted data?"

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My back door by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

is always open and ready for business!
w00t! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

frist prost niggaz!!!!
Exterminate Trolls. Destroy All Sporks by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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1. Re:Exterminate Trolls. Destroy All Sporks by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I am building a ASS&nbsp KICKING&nbsp MACHINE, and just put your name at the top of the list for beta testers!!!
2. Re:Exterminate Trolls. Destroy All Sporks by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  goat ?
3. Re:Exterminate Trolls. Destroy All Sporks by A+Clockwork+Orange · 2001-09-20 06:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Hey! I like monkeys! There's nothing wrong with monkeys.
  
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  Fare thee well, poor comment. For thou hast been cast out amongst wolves.
4. Re:Exterminate Trolls. Destroy All Sporks by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Fine.
  All the hot naked monkeys you can shake your stick at.
  pervert.
This Question is Evil by Mustafa+Ibrahim · 2001-09-20 06:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Piss be upon you, Rob Malda, and a thousand bits of camel dung!!!
ANOTHER ROBERT FROST POST! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Two roads diverged in a goatse.cx ....
which backdoor? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic

this backdoor

And shame on you Hemos, for posting this. You and Taco already know plenty about backdoors.
Re:Escrow by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

goat?
yes, by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

another goat post ...

Have you ever wondered why goat? The answer is goat. However, goat. That isn't to goat that goat, but goat goat goat. Goat.
1. Re:yes, by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I do not grok the way you are grokking.
Destroy all monsters! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Is your design a traditional handcranked or is it water powered?
Is it internet enabled?
1. Re:Destroy all monsters! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Oh yeah?!!!
  Well our engineering group is working on a steam powered 20 HP ASS&nbsp KICKING&nbsp MACHINE!!!
  We'll just see who gets to market first, succa!
GOATapallooza! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Here ya go son, all the naked young goats you can shake your stick at!
Re:Good question: by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 06:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Not if. When.
Re:Simple by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 07:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Not really. You can't buy something just because you have more money than it's worth. He'd probably have to wait until the current lease (99 years from whenever it was built) is up.
Re:This is the exact same thing... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-20 07:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You want my guns motherfucker? Come get them. What's one more body bag?