1996-02-07 - Re: POTP gets good press

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From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: bryce@colorado.edu
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Reply To: <199602071956.MAA17880@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1996-02-07 21:47:34 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 05:47:34 +0800

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From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 05:47:34 +0800
To: bryce@colorado.edu
Subject: Re: POTP gets good press
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On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, Bryce wrote:

> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> 
> Content:  includes diagrams entitled "Link Level Encryption"
> in which sender transmits keys to receiver, and "Packet
> Level Encryption" in which sender transmits key sto
> certificate authority which transmits them to multiple
> receivers, and "Synchronized Random Key Generation (SRKG)" 
> 
> Am I right in thinking this is utter unmitigated
> bullsh snake oil?  Does anybody have any other

It could be doing something SKIP like; if the certificates are DH certs, 
it could be using those to generate a shared secret, and combing that 
with an IV to generate a key.

hard to tell from the article

Simon

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• 1996-02-07 (Thu, 8 Feb 1996 04:19:00 +0800) - POTP gets good press - Bryce <wilcoxb@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
  • 1996-02-07 (Thu, 8 Feb 1996 04:46:00 +0800) - Re: POTP gets good press - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
  • 1996-02-07 (Thu, 8 Feb 1996 05:47:34 +0800) - Re: POTP gets good press - Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
    • 1996-02-08 (Thu, 8 Feb 1996 11:20:38 +0800) - Re: POTP gets good press - Bryce <wilcoxb@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
      • 1996-02-08 (Thu, 8 Feb 1996 10:45:57 +0800) - Re: POTP gets good press - Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
        • 1996-02-08 (Thu, 8 Feb 1996 10:29:30 +0800) - Re: POTP gets good press - Bryce <wilcoxb@taussky.cs.colorado.edu>
          • 1996-02-08 (Thu, 8 Feb 1996 18:35:43 +0800) - Re: POTP gets good press - Don <don@cs.byu.edu>