1995-12-13 - Re: e-Cash: CAFE vs. Mondex

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From: “Ed Carp (ecarp@netcom.com)” <ecarp@netcom.com>
To: Matthias Schunter <WWW-BUYINFO@allegra.att.com
Message Hash: 4145c2a88c634bf3fafba1a28772bf0f358e6d177f5daf80c2ac9c5d84786acd
Message ID: <199512130705.BAA22782@khijol>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-12-13 08:39:24 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 16:39:24 +0800

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From: "Ed Carp (ecarp@netcom.com)" <ecarp@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 16:39:24 +0800
To: Matthias Schunter <WWW-BUYINFO@allegra.att.com
Subject: Re: e-Cash: CAFE vs. Mondex
Message-ID: <199512130705.BAA22782@khijol>
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> Date:          Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:34:58 +0100
> To:            David Klur <dklur@dttus.com>
> From:          Matthias Schunter <schunter@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de>
> Subject:       Re: e-Cash: CAFE vs. Mondex
> Cc:            pfitzb@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de, WMI@ZURICH.IBM.COM,
>                cypherpunks@toad.com, WWW-BUYINFO@allegra.att.com

> Dear Mr. Klur,
> 
> 
> I'm member of the CAFE consortium but I can not answer your question.
> As far as we know, the details of the Mondex protocols are still 
> confidential (or only available under a non-disclosure license). 

Oh, I see.  Is this another one of those "we won't let you make sure 
that your money is safe with us, you'll just have to trust us" sort 
of things?

Security through obscurity was never a very strong selling suit, 
especially to those who know that STO very likely hides a very weak 
encryption/authentication scheme.





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