From: "Patrick J. LoPresti" <patl@catfish.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 08:43:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP Comment feature weakens remailer security
Message-ID: <199511082151.QAA05650@catfish.lcs.mit.edu>
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 bill.stewart> So, for safety, either turn off PGP comments before
 bill.stewart> using it with remailers, or wipe out the comments by
 bill.stewart> hand before each layer of encryption (easy to do with
 bill.stewart> GUI-based systems like Private Idaho; I don't know if
 bill.stewart> premail lets you do this or not.)

Incidentally, Mailcrypt's remailer support strips the comment field
after each encryption, and has done so since version 3.2.

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Version: 2.6.2
Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface

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tbj1UqbDl1trrKCoV6uud5qfK/FQwqQylnv1YsYNIVPPav66ImUvgSaXUMvZJBvC
8vinQI66s3M1PBJ8VIaLuVtay826JDazGHEexHpDLwNVGLdJq0RrNLVr2H9oLA8g
5aE9MHVfAcM=
=MdHQ
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