1994-07-14 - Re: Probabilistic Encryption

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: solman@mit.edu
Message Hash: 496ff0931f90ab801fe6c2f6fb1a935c8ac241a8aae46701d08981fc608d4a00
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Reply To: <9407141221.AA06316@ua.MIT.EDU>
UTC Datetime: 1994-07-14 13:44:47 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 06:44:47 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 94 06:44:47 PDT
To: solman@mit.edu
Subject: Re: Probabilistic Encryption
In-Reply-To: <9407141221.AA06316@ua.MIT.EDU>
Message-ID: <9407141344.AA17598@snark.imsi.com>
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solman@mit.edu says:
> How secure do you guys think Probabilistic encryption using a BBS generator
> is? It looks like its every bit as good for key exchanges as RSA and somewhat
> better because of its speed.

The technique you mention is not one I've heard of. What is a BBS
generator? Could you please explain?

Perry

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