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1996-01-31 - Re: No FV supporters?

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: Pete Loshin <pete@loshin.com>
Message Hash: 4b17ac7333bbbb91fcdd52e54ee19d709c6c3ed1b03b39253e52c6a8385cf591
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-31 03:42:21 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:42:21 +0800

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:42:21 +0800
To: Pete Loshin <pete@loshin.com>
Subject: Re: No FV supporters?
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Pete Loshin wrote:
> Now, clearly there are lots of opinions on FV's system, but
> if people like Sameer and Rich Salz (e.g., who have reputations
> as knowledgeable and aware) are going to trash FV it
> would mean a lot more to many readers if they could state
> more specifically what it is about FV that doesn't work (or that
> doesn't work as well as, say, SSL or CyberCash or Open
> Market's approaches).

  I sent a description of an attack against FV based on replacing
or hacking winsock to cypherpunks last night.  This attack seems
to meet Borenstein's criteria of being as automated and implementable
on a mass scale as their keyboard snooping attack.  So far I have not
seen any response from FV.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.

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