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Re: Rivest's Wheat & Chaff - A crypto alternative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Rosing)
Tue Mar 24 14:28:07 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:26:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Rosing <cryptech@Mcs.Net>
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <t5367l4ac1h.fsf@rover.cygnus.com>
On 24 Mar 1998, Marc Horowitz wrote:
> 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
The beauty is that you don't have to *apply* for an export license
because authentication is already exempt. Until the rules get rewritten
of course :-)
Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike
