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Re: Rivest's Wheat & Chaff - A crypto alternative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Tue Mar 24 13:17:25 1998
To: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Cc: Vin McLellan <vin@shore.net>, cryptography@c2.net
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@cygnus.com>
Date: 24 Mar 1998 00:32:58 -0500
In-Reply-To: Bill Frantz's message of Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:47:58 -0800
Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com> writes:
>> The genius of Rivest's suggestion is that this legal authentication
>> function can be converted to a data confidentiality function without
>> modifying the authentication software, and can be done by a third party
>> without Alice or Bob's knowledge or permission.
Call me skeptical, but I'll believe it when the export license is
issued. Until then, it's just good rhetoric.
Marc
