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1997-12-07 - Re: Superdistribution development/release

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From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
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Reply To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971204051052.9060A-100000@pakastelohi.cypherpunks.to>
UTC Datetime: 1997-12-07 00:23:07 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 08:23:07 +0800

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From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 08:23:07 +0800
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
Subject: Re: Superdistribution development/release
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Don't under-estimate Bob; he can factor large primes in his head instantly.

quadraticsievemonger

On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Lucky Green wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> > 
> > Persistent Cryptographic Wrappers (RightsWrapper) - No matter where the
> > digital document (financial newsletter, educational test, minutes from a
> > court proceeding, sensitive health care records, etc.) goes, no matter
> > how it gets there, whether it is used and then subsequently
> > redistributed, etc. the document is always encrypted.  It is never left
> > decrypted and exposed even while it is being viewed.
> 
> They have lost their mind. Since humans are notoriously bad at performing
> decryptions in their head in real time, whatever is sent to the display
> *must* be cleartext. Any competent programmer can grab it at that point.
> 
> -- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred.
>    "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?"
> 
>

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