On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 05:21:06 +0000 (UTC)
jim bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> PGP 1.0 also worked exactly
> as designed. It was limited to keylengths of 1024 bits,as I recall,
> which no doubt Phil Zimmerman considered sufficient for a first
> attempt.. Eventually it was considered by others desireable to issue
> revisions allowing much-longer keylengths.
25 years ago when pgp was released a 1024 bits key seemed
reasonable.
> Does anybody claim that
> Zimmerman was intent on making ahoney-pot?
Zimmerman was never a US military contractor as far as I know
and he didn't write pgp for the US military.
Quite the contrary, he was threatened by his government
because of some 'export regulations' bullshit.
> Tor was/is a good start.
> But it nevertheless should be improved
You did not address my point =)
Why would the US military do anything that goes against their
interests. The idea is absurd from a 'theoretical point of
view, and, as it's to be expected, real world evidence
corroborates the theory.
Have you looked into things like maidsafe? Their funding at
least seems a bit more in line with libertarian and cypherpunks
principles.
