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Re: The name of "RSA"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Fri Apr 9 11:46:27 1999
To: John David Galt <jdg@rahul.net>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 11:36:06 -0400
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
In message <1.5.4.16.19990409081336.3e0714cc@gate1.tomatoweb.com>, John David G
alt writes:
> Can anyone tell us the names of the original British inventors of public key?
> Granted that R, S, & A didn't plagiarize, but if they no longer want their
> names used this way, perhaps their predecessors should get the honor instead!
>
> John David Galt
>
>
The best current summary is in http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/122497encrypt.html
The British paper no longer appears to be on the CESG web site.
