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Re: [Cryptography] Crypto Standards v.s. Engineering habits - Was:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Zooko O'Whielacronx)
Fri Oct 11 13:41:36 2013
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:32:37 +0000
From: "Zooko O'Whielacronx" <zookog@gmail.com>
To: John Kelsey <crypto.jmk@gmail.com>
Cc: "cryptography@metzdowd.com" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
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