1994-03-11 - Re: Improvement of remailer security

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
To: boldt@math.ucsb.edu (Axel Boldt)
Message Hash: 1a551096f25d8826497f95d88d9e64951d8e896594e75d65a1f2fb61c26b46c4
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UTC Datetime: 1994-03-11 23:17:28 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 11 Mar 94 15:17:28 PST

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 94 15:17:28 PST
To: boldt@math.ucsb.edu (Axel Boldt)
Subject: Re: Improvement of remailer security
In-Reply-To: <9403112246.AA14599@emile>
Message-ID: <9403112317.AA16190@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
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> P.S. Pardon my ignorance: Doesn't this scheme you describe above make
> the random generator the most attackable part of pgp encryption,
> thereby sidestepping the whole RSA stuff?

Yes, the reason for all the work on Good (TM) Random Numbers.. :-)

-derek

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• 1994-03-11 (Thu, 10 Mar 94 21:15:04 PST) - Improvement of remailer security - boldt@math.ucsb.edu (Axel Boldt)
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