There's nothing new under the sun!

Paul Crowley paul at hedonism.demon.co.uk
19 Feb 1999 19:32:51 +0000


Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk> writes:

> Alan Burkitt-Gray <alan@kable.co.uk> wrote:
> >             OTHER NAME:  Mallet, Robert, 1810-1881. 
> 
> Aha! We have finally unmasked the mysterious and malicious "Mallet" who
> is always trying to break into our security protocols!
> 
> It seems from the above that he is dead now, I suggest therefore that
> cryptography is no longer required (since the enemy has gone away), and
> we should send everything in clear henceforth.

Let me be the first to point out that as far as we know Eve is still
at large...
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