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1997-05-09 - Re: El Gamal

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Reply To: <199705090000.UAA02189@linux.nycmetro.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-05-09 02:45:20 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 10:45:20 +0800

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 10:45:20 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: El Gamal
In-Reply-To: <199705090000.UAA02189@linux.nycmetro.com>
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At 4:00 PM -0800 5/8/97, harka@nycmetro.com wrote:

>How does El Gamal compare functionally and security-wise to RSA and
>who developed it?

Yes, who did develop El Gamal?

Could it have been....El Gamal?


(Or was that a trick question?)

--Tim May

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