Pgp cracked? (yet again!)

[Brian Randell]

Quentin:

>Having watched a rather bland but vaguely interesting item on the local
>news about password recovery by Buchanan International Limited. I had a
>quick look at their web page [ http://www.buchanansoft.co.uk/index.htm ] to
>find that they claim to access, amongst others, PGP passwords.
>
>Anybody know anything about them, or is it snake oil season again?

It took me some minutes to find that the claim is in fact on their page:

http://www.buchanansoft.co.uk/password/psswrd02.htm

so I thought I might save some people some time by posting the URL.

En route I came across, in their FAQ file:

 How do you actually recover the passwords ?
 The technical aspects of password recovery are patented
 by Buchanan International and are therefore
 confidential. The process will not harm any existing data.

I find the "therefore" in the above quote rather strange, to say the least!

I've decided not to try and buy any Buchanan International Limited shares.

Cheers

Brian


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