From: cactus@seabsd.hks.net (L. Todd Masco)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 95 09:04:50 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Multiple symetric cyphers
Message-ID: <199501121709.MAA24434@bb.hks.net>
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In article <199501121623.IAA00846@largo.remailer.net>,
Eric Hughes <eric@remailer.net> wrote:
>I am assuming that it's unlikely that all of the ciphers will be
>broken simultaneously.

Quick reasoning note:

For forward secrecy, it's unnecessary that the ciphers be broken
simultaneously;  just that they are broken in the span of time
between encryption and the attack.
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