ess (phil hunt) wrote:

: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:
::
::Also, since it's not encrypted, it can be spoofed using a local
::transmitter
::
::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.
:
:*plonk*

Guess I got a bit too close to home, pointing out how little he knew
about what he was talking about.

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