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Current Crypto Trends with Bruce Schneier
Saint Aardvark writes "SecurityFocus has published an interview with Bruce Schneier. Fascinating stuff, especially the level-headed assessments of the NSA, spam and the impact of full disclosure: 'Q: Since most crypto protocols on the internet, such as SSL or SSH, uses public-keys to build a secure channel, wouldn't a unexpected public disclosure create a chaos on the internet ? A: No. Chaos is hard to create, even on the Internet. Here's an example. Go to Amazon.com. Buy a book without using SSL. Watch the total lack of chaos.'"
Unix man pages: tr (1): tr - translate or delete characters
And [a-zA-Z] and [n-za-mN-Z-A-M] are just ways of writing down the alphabet and it's ROT13 eqiuvalent. The command tr replaces the first character in the first set with the first character in the second set and so on.
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Imagine a Bush press conference in this manner:
Q: Why did we invade Iraq?
A: I wanted the oil, I wanted to help Israel dominate the Middle East (so we can get the oil), and I wanted to prove I'm tougher than Dad.
Q: Why should we reform Social Security?
A: So I can give hundreds of billions of dollars to my cronies on Wall Street.
Q: Are we going to attack Iran?
A: Of course, I've reviewed the plans already. I told you, we want the oil and Israel doesn't like them.
Or Bill Clinton:
Q: What about the charges you had an affair with Monica Lewinsky?
A: I did not have sex with that woman. Please note I'm referring to Hillary. You are free to infer whatever you like from that.
Or Condi Rice:
Q: Did anyone in the White House suspect 9/11 could happen?
A: Sure - we all did. We watched Lone Gunmen six months ago like everybody else.
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