Re: [Sheflug] Re: SUID bit - how do I set it?

["Alex Hudson" <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

> Not using GPG, I can't say :) Keep meaning to, but I use pgp so rarely, I
> haven't bothered...the question on top as well is with the RIP having
> received royal assent, is it worth it? :)

And the answer is.. no, it isn't worth it. RIP is a particularly ill
thought-out bill, IMO, and essentially says, 'yep, you have no privacy'.
Although, there possibly are ways around it - from what I've read, it seems
that all it asks is that you voluntarily give up your private keys. That's
not great, obviously, but this begs the question: what happens if you are
*unable* to give up your private keys? There are systems out there which are
'black-box' like, and tend not to give up their private keys easily. I'm not
sure how the law would interpret that - any thoughts?

> Hmm...my information is out of date if that's the case...time to research
> back into this. I know DES itself is more than insecure... (ie, you may as
> well not bother)...put 3-DES I thought was okay. I'll hunt info on this
out
> now ... :)

Isn't sha due to become open soon? Or am I thinking of something completely
unrelated??

Cheers,

Alex.

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