From: elbert2@darmstadt.gmd.de (Andreas Elbert, Modacom Account)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 08:51:25 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Digsig in Germany for RX?
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(see Miburi-sans posting for a good summary of Bruno Struifs talk)


<wex@media.mit.edu> asked:
>
>What kind(s) of encryption are being used to protect/sign this information?

well, DES and RSA, of course. The smartcard's operating system provides
this,  plus encrypted communication to the smartcardreader and a
filesystem, for keys and payload data.