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Re: [Cryptography] Opening Discussion: Speculation on "BULLRUN"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Leichter)
Fri Sep 6 13:26:42 2013
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From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com>
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 07:42:51 -0400
To: Jon Callas <jon@callas.org>
Cc: "cryptography@metzdowd.com List" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>,
Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
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On Sep 6, 2013, at 7:28 AM, Jerry Leichter wrote:
> ...Much of what you say later in the message is that the way we are using symmetric-key systems (CA's and such)...
Argh! And this is why I dislike using "symmetric" and "asymmetric" to describe cryptosystems: In English, the distinction is way too brittle. Just a one-letter difference - and in including or not the letter physically right next to the "s".
-- Jerry :-)
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