1995-08-18 - use PGP for http encryption instead!
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From: “George P. Magiros” <libgpmx@gsusgi2.Gsu.EDU>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-08-18 02:39:25 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 17 Aug 95 19:39:25 PDT
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From: "George P. Magiros" <libgpmx@gsusgi2.Gsu.EDU>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 95 19:39:25 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: use PGP for http encryption instead!
Message-ID: <199508180239.WAA27731@gsusgi2.Gsu.EDU>
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i don't mean to be extremely brash, but couldn't one use PGP to provide
encrypted communication with the web.
granted initially everyone with a browser would need there own key to
communicate in an encrypted way - at least until such keys could be
generated on the fly.
since the http "client" format resembles rfc821 message headers and a body,
one could easily use a "hal" remailer type "Encrypted: PGP" header line
plus hash marks "::" to reassemble a compatible http client command.
The same could be done on the server side.
-george
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libgpmx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (finger for PGP public key or use MIT keyserver)
George P. Magiros Georgia State University Pullen Library
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- 1995-08-18 (Thu, 17 Aug 95 20:11:35 PDT) - Re: use PGP for http encryption instead! - “Robert A. Hayden” <hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu>
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