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Old December 22nd 03, 12:26 AM
phil hunt
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:55:08 GMT, Fred J. McCall wrote:
(phil hunt) wrote:

:On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:43:49 -0500, Ray Drouillard wrote:
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:Also, since it's not encrypted, it can be spoofed using a local
:transmitter
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:That doesn't logically follow; it's possible to make non-encrypted
:data that can't be faked, you just use a digital signature.

But the 'digital signature' is really just another encryption
algorithm, typically more easily faked or broken than full encryption.


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