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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 05:08:29AM -0500, Russell Miller wrote:
> > > Encryption can defeat root.
> >=20
> > Sorry, this is incorrect.
> >=20
> Actually, it is not, if the root user does not have the key or passphrase.

Actually it is incorrect. Most encryption schemes are even *based* on the
fact that the data can be decrypted again. Encryption only makes it
*impractical* to decrypt a message with a brute force attack of all
possible key and passphrase combinations because the brute force is unlikely
to succeed within a useful time-span.

Rob
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Rob Kaper     | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
cap@capsi.com | temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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