[14779] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: A-B-a-b encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anton Stiglic)
Wed Nov 19 12:08:05 2003
X-Original-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
X-Original-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
From: "Anton Stiglic" <astiglic@okiok.com>
To: <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:58:15 -0800
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremiah Rogers" <jeremiah@kingprimate.com>
To: "crypto list" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: A-B-a-b encryption
> This is Shamir's Three-Pass Protocol, described in section 22.3 of
> Schneier. It requires a commutative cryptosystem.
>
> - Jeremiah Rogers
Also described in HAC, protocol 12.22.
It's like basic DH, except it provides key transport instead of key
agreement.
--Anton
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Cryptography Mailing List
Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com
