Forward from the politech list. From: "Quinn, SallyAnn" <SallyAnn.Quinn@private> To: "'declan@private'" <declan@private> Subject: RE: Politech challenge: Decode Al Qaeda stego-communications! Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:23:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 I can't believe this is back. Niels Provos and Peter Honeyman at the Center for Information Technology integration at U Mich drove a stake through the heart of this rumor last fall by scientifically analyzing 2 million images from e-Bay and 1 million images from USENET. Their conclusion is: "...we are unable to report finding a single hidden message." The study can be viewed at: http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/papers/detecting.pdf Oh, Gina Kolata's stories are highly suspect. She interviewed PGP's author Phillip Zimmerman after 9-11, and wrote an article insinuating the the algorithm was somehow the terrorists' best friend and that Phil was quite happy about it. Sally Ann Quinn, Software Test Engineer West 50 East Broad St., Rochester, NY 14694 Mail Drop A1-N135 Tel (585) 546-5530 x3243
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