How are spoof decryptions prevented?

Denis.Russell@ncl.ac.uk Denis.Russell at ncl.ac.uk
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 14:43:17 +0100


At 12:42 pm +0100 3/8/99, Ben Laurie wrote:
>Denis.Russell@ncl.ac.uk wrote:
>...
>> I suspect this may not suffice. :-)
>
>Particularly not if the ciphertext in question is clearly generated by
>PGP or the like.
...

Were I sending messages about which I was really worried about being
ordered to decrypt at some time in the future on pain of jail or mutilation
of sensitive extremities, I would probably strip headers from PGP, xor them
with some pirate software, hide the result on the noise of softish porno
gifs, and send them in turn by some other fairly secure method. Belt and
braces man, me. :-)