1996-01-31 - Re: Lotus Notes

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From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
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Message ID: <199601310113.UAA23562@opine.cs.umass.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-31 03:49:31 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:49:31 +0800

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From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:49:31 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Subject: Re: Lotus Notes
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Bill Frantz writes:
> One other small advantage I can see to using Lotus's crippled encryption. 
> It disguises the fact that a message is actually (double) encrypted with
> PGP.  Attackers have to break the 40 bits before they see the PGP encrypted
> data.  

I don't understand. Are you saying that there's a special benefit to doing
superencryption (GAK encryption over non-GAK encryption) when the GAK layer 
is Lotus Notes ?

Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>





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