From: Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 09:23:14 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: "PGP-Scape"? (was Re: Our "New Order")
Message-ID: <199602060726.CAA12115@bb.hks.net>
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cp@proust.suba.com (Alex Strasheim) wrote:
>> There's also less worry about secure transactions, since if 
>> everything's encrypted it's harder to tell if a transaction is taking 
>> place, viewing porno or subversive or religious, literature,  or if
>> you're just reading something mundane.
>
>I think I must be missing something here.  Aren't you describing an SSL 
>web server?  Different algorithms, but basically the same idea?

No. SSL doesn't encrypt everything, just certain transactions (or am I 
wrong about this?)  Something that keeps everything encrypted and 
anonymous.

>Netscape 2.0 is out for real -- everyone can now pick their certs.  GAK 
>just got harder.

As opposed to the imaginary beta?



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