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1997-10-06 - Re: Secure phone

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
To: Adam Back <eb@comsec.com
Message Hash: 8c4d4863a3b8fb6df9b856045cd6eedc50e31aaaf0197dc5d2cbf9dc8f7f1a07
Message ID: <v0300784db05ec180b158@[207.94.249.144]>
Reply To: <199710032326.QAA19691@comsec.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-10-06 16:40:13 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 00:40:13 +0800

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 00:40:13 +0800
To: Adam Back <eb@comsec.com
Subject: Re: Secure phone
In-Reply-To: <199710032326.QAA19691@comsec.com>
Message-ID: <v0300784db05ec180b158@[207.94.249.144]>
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At 6:25 PM -0700 10/5/97, Adam Back wrote:
>On the other hand, using persistent key public key crypto, Tim has
>been signing his posts recently, and I have an ancient public key of
>his stashed away which his new key is signed with.  If we were able to
>construct a protocol to bolt on top of the reading of hashes, we could
>have much greater protection against MITM.

Of course if you can use PGP as well as the secure phone, you can use PGP
to exchange a pad of one-time passwords.

>
>To answer the other poster who opined that you had no business saying
>things to people who's voices you don't recognize: nonsense.
>
>We're saying things all the time to people who's voices we've _never_
>heard with PGP.

Are you really willing to discuss with Tim that suitcase you're planning on
bringing to the states.  :-)


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