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1996-03-01 - Re: A brief comparison of email encryption protocols

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From: cme@cybercash.com (Carl Ellison)
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Message Hash: 9ef28ac5ee762a5772e0e710f650fb29b00551c1d1988b6e0648fc118c9d0843
Message ID: <v02140b24ad5bc8a12abb@[204.254.34.231]>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-01 01:13:40 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 09:13:40 +0800

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From: cme@cybercash.com (Carl Ellison)
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 09:13:40 +0800
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: A brief comparison of email encryption protocols
Message-ID: <v02140b24ad5bc8a12abb@[204.254.34.231]>
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At 15:54 2/29/96, Derek Atkins wrote:

>So, there needs to be a compromise, some shorthand method to describe
>the hint.  One solution is to provide a "keyserver" type and then some
>string that says which "keyserver" to use.  For example, if there is a
>DNS-style keyserver deplyed, I could put '1,"mit.edu"' in all my
>signatures, if we assume that '1' is the DNS-style keyserver code.
>
>I'm sure there are other possible solutions as well, and any real
>suggestions are welcome.

is a URL just too big?  My sigs are already several lines long.  E.g.,

Key: ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/cme/cme.asc

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