1996-06-19 - Re: Snake_Oil_punks was Re: SafE Mail Corporation

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From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-06-19 00:08:38 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:08:38 +0800

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From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:08:38 +0800
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Snake_Oil_punks was Re: SafE Mail Corporation
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Derek Atkins wrote:

> > Talked with Randy of Safe Mail Corporation on the phone.  
> >         PGP has the secret key in its public key!
> 
> Huh?  Can you explain what this means?  I'd sure like to know.

It's obvious, silly. The public key exponent has the private key exponent
embedded in it,  information theory and modular arithmetic be damned :)

Simon

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