1995-01-19 - On DH public key crypto

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From: eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Raw Date: Wed, 18 Jan 95 19:01:47 PST

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From: eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 95 19:01:47 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: On DH public key crypto
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Diffie and Hellman did have a public key cipher based on matrices in
their original paper; they knew at the time it didn't work.

This is not the same algorithm as the D-H key exchange protocol.

Eric

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