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1997-12-04 - Re: Superdistribution development/release

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
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Message ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971204051052.9060A-100000@pakastelohi.cypherpunks.to>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-12-04 04:17:57 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:17:57 +0800

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:17:57 +0800
To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Subject: Re: Superdistribution development/release
In-Reply-To: <v04002712b0aba8bd0101@[204.134.5.28]>
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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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