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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Passing proprietary messages through competitors or other sites
Message-ID: <6@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 90 17:00:55 GMT
References: <11613@hoptoad.uucp> <118@rwing.UUCP> <11081@alice.UUCP>
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Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch
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ches@alice.UUCP (Bill Cheswick) writes:
>It doesn't take the NSA to break crypt.  It is quite easy, and there is software
>floating around that will help.  (We moved crypt to /usr/games.)  If you must
>use email for proprietary info, use DES encryption and avoid sites running
>pathalias.

	The problem isn't pathalias per se, but smart mailers on intermediate
	sites who audaciously insist on second guessing source routing based
	on their own notion of "best path from here to ultimate destination".