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09:24:03 on Tue, 30 Nov 2010, "Ward, Ciaran"
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>The whole wikileaks incident goes to show how surprisingly lax the
>levels of encryption and security are within the various embassies
>and government departments where the communications emanated from.
>No doubt heads will roll after this and enforced information security
>techniques will be introduced.
Apparently these documents are routinely circulated to thousands of
eyeballs within the US Government and diplomatic service. They need to
be able to read them "in the clear". Presumably, one of the recipients
has been keeping copies, and that's what needs to be made harder, not
making the sender's systems and the transmission networks more secure.
--
Roland Perry
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