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   Hello Alan,   
      
   On Saturday December 21 2019 14:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    AI>>>>> Maybe I said that wrong. How about this. Binkd's CRYPT option   
    AI>>>>> is weak (by todays standards).   
      
    MV>>>> In what way is it weak? Has it been cracked?   
      
    AI>>> Yes, many years ago.   
      
    MV>> In the context of Fidonet or in the context of PkZip?   
      
    AI> That algorithm. The same is true of the algorithm used by rar. The   
    AI> folks behind the rar archiver may has changed the algrithm they use   
    AI> today, I don't know.   
      
   Is there a documented case of someone successfully gaining unauthorised access   
   to the secure inbound of a Fidenet node by breaking the algoritm and doing any   
   harm that way?   
      
   Is there a documented case of anyone listening in on the stream by breaking   
   the algoritm and causing any harm that way?   
      
    AI> I still think the TLS option would serve us well.   
      
   I say for Fidonet it is shooting a canon at a musquito.   
      
    AI> Too much of a good thing?   
      
   Too much hassle for the added value.   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
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