From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 06:53:26 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: forward secrecy for mixmaster & email (Re: remailer resistancs to attack) (fwd)
Message-ID: <199801162321.RAA12340@einstein.ssz.com>
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> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:54:34 GMT
> From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
> Subject: forward secrecy for mixmaster & email (Re: remailer resistancs to attack)
> 
> Make that instant key changes for mixmaster remailers by using forward
> secrecy and direct IP delivery to enable the interactive
> communications pattern required for immediate forward secrecy.  Ulf
> Moeller (current mixmaster maintainer) has this on his to do list I
> think.

I agree. It is probably one of the most misunderstood and must
under-addressed problem with crypto in my opinion.


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