North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Buying and selling root certificates
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > Yes, a *very* well funded and determined adversary can beat crypto (almost > always by doing an end run around it). However, raising the bar to that level > will eliminate all the successful attacks by lesser adversaries, and can also > contribute to the bankrupting of the well-funded - even the FBI can afford only > a few Scarfo-scale cases a year... This is now wildly OT, but to close: a) CALEA, Carnivore etc. are ALL about cost-shifting. The Feebees used to talk about breaking cases with "a dime & a dime" meaning informants calls, and wiretaps. The current fights are about victims^H^Htargets of interest furnishing those dimes themselves. b) Scarfo is case that made little sense to many observers. Nicky was scarcely Vincent Gigante or Gotti; from what I've read, he ran a few girls and some policy [bookmaking] while Daddy is up the river. So why did the Feebees make such a BIG deal out of it? Donno; usually they are that dedicated only when a) HQ is leaning on them or B) they can be on TV.... -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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