Re: Crypto Mini Faq

From: Tom St Denis (tom_at_securescience.net)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 04:22:14 GMT

Roger Schlafly wrote:

> <vedaal@hush.com> wrote
>> there is also a recent 'for Dummies' series book that is quite
>> comfortably
> readable:
>> http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-0764541889.html
>
> Does anyone recommend this book?
>
> I just opened to a random point, and found this:
>
> Until fairly recently, it was unlawful for average American citizens to
> even own encryption technology. [p.28]
> http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/89/07645418/0764541889.pdf
>
> The statement is completely wrong. There was never any law
> against American citizens owning encryption technology.

Dude it's a book "for morons". They could say anything and they would
believe it.

"Until recently crypto was fairly dark ages, then in 1990 a space tablet
fell in Arizona and we hit the [literally] the space age of crypto!"

Tom