From: msattler@netcom.com
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 93 18:57:26 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Why RSA?
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>I don't know if ViaCrypt includes any distinguishing features
>that let you tell a ViaCrypt PGP message from a Real PGP message -
>they could do subtle stuff like make the session keys all 
>include some checksum (e.g. be a multiple of N mod M),
>or crude stuff like put "Version 2.3ViaCrypt" in the headers,
>which would let them detect non-ViaCrypt PGP users.
>I assume not, but I haven't seen it.

PRZ has specifically said that it is his intention to have no difference
between the output of the PGP and ViaCrypt so that users of the
free-ware version can't be ferreted out.

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