Encrypted Messages

[fatbuddha]

I agree with Dab, encryption should only be used for things that are highly sensitive. The reason there's been so much lately is because of the March Conspiricy (Even though it's april now... hm.). Lot's of top secret info going on atm.

I really have no stake in this since I just play discovery on a private lan server but this thread caught my eye since I do have lots of RL background with encrypted communications I thought I would toss in my unwanted 2 cents.

The reason why organizations and countries stopped encrypting "only the important stuff" shortly after they decided that encrypting the important stuff was a good idea is it allowed for C3I shaping. In other words once encrypted communications starts the enemy knows something is up. More importantly once shaping is analyzed eg mapping communications, its no longer important to know what the msg said. Just blow up the buildings that act as encrypted communications hubs. Now nearly everything is encrypted in some form. even a large percentage of multinational orgs (companies, ngos, etc) encrypt all communications.

Anyway since I'm a fan of RP'ing I offer this suggestion if you guys really want to make it interesting just decide on a standard encryption application to be used server wide and then severely limit the limit the key length and bit strength. That way your opponents can take a shot at cracking the code. Change the key once a week or month or whatever for added drama.

If im way out of line on this just ignore me. As I mentioned this was just something that caught my eye.