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title: "Unbreakable Encryption Claims - revisited"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/2/15/unbreakable-encryption-claims-revisited.md"
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published: "2003-02-15T16:02:00"
updated: "2003-02-15T16:02:00"
tags: []
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Bruce Schneier used Meganet and VME as a leading example of snake oil in a Crypto-Gram article three years back: http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9902.html His comments include \"This makes no sense, even to an…"
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# Unbreakable Encryption Claims - revisited

By Roy Osherove February 15, 2003

**Historical article** · Originally published February 15, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

_Bruce Schneier used Meganet and VME as a leading example of snake oil in a Crypto-Gram article three years back:

[http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9902.html](http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9902.html)

His comments include "This makes no sense, even to an expert ... takes the ridiculous a step further ... This is not a proof. It isn't even close."

Of course the fact that [Meganet](http://www.meganet.com/) don't communicate their claims well doesn't mean they haven't come up with something good. It's just that there's little reason to feel much confidence._

\[Comment by **Ivan Towlson** to [this](http://dotnetweblogs.com/ROsehrove/Comments/2201.aspx) log entry\]

interesting article, makes me much more skepical. ofcourse, this is 3 years back, so we can only assume that if this stands, that eother it is the same hype reinvemted, or it actually [works](http://www.meganet.com/technology/williams.htm)...


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