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1996-06-21 - Re: Current status of RSA patent…

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From: me@muddcs.cs.hmc.edu (Michael Elkins)
To: exalt@miworld.net (Intense)
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UTC Datetime: 1996-06-21 02:28:04 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:28:04 +0800

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From: me@muddcs.cs.hmc.edu (Michael Elkins)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:28:04 +0800
To: exalt@miworld.net (Intense)
Subject: Re: Current status of RSA patent...
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Intense writes:
> does not matter - it will be renewed in the interest of the government
> The goverment want's there backdoor...  would you expect less?
> 
> the only pgp I will use is that from MIT
> it has no back door

This does not make sense...  If you believe that RSA has a back door, then
PGP _must_ have a back door because PGP uses it!  It does not matter if
it was independently coded and reviewed.  There could still be a back door
if it was made that way intentionally.

me
-- 
Michael Elkins <me@cs.hmc.edu>			http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~me
PGP key fingerprint = EB B1 68 32 3F B5 54 F9  6C AF 4E 94 5A EB 90 EC

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