Why "carnivore" type systems can't be (entirely) open source

Owen Lewis oml at eloka.demon.co.uk
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 00:13:31 -0000


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Gladman" <brg@gladman.plus.com>
To: "UK Crypto Posting" <stevee+brg@slimy.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: 04 February 2001 12:55
Subject: Re: Why "carnivore" type systems can't be (entirely) open source


>  I don't see much point in spending a lot of money to
> break algorithms when other doors are left wide open and unprotected.

Quite so.

Owen