Subj : Numbers stations
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 12:30 pm

  Re: Numbers stations
  By: Angus McLeod to Digital Man on Wed Aug 17 2005 09:30 am

 >   Re: Numbers stations
 >   By: Digital Man to Angus McLeod on Wed Aug 17 2005 01:20:00
 > 
 >  >  > SBO is frowned upon by the security 'experts' and I tend to agree.  Bu
 >  >  > think it can't *hurt* to obscure things a bit.
 >  >
 >  > Yeah, we usually use "Security by obscurity" (as a criticism) to refer to
 >  > encoding algorithms that are "secret" to achieve or enhance the security 
 >  > the scheme. But it's been proven that algorithms that are open to public
 >  > scrutiny by experts provide more security, ultimately.
 > 
 > I agree that a well scrutinized algorithm is the most secure way to go.
 > Better than just hiding the message.  However, I don't see any harm in
 > using a robust algorithm and then *also* hiding it.

I'm sure that's the way the NSA does it. :-)

                                                  digital man

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