[48189] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike McNally)
Fri Jan 26 16:24:36 1996
From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:05:17 -0600
To: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu>
Cc: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: <m0tfuBe-0004LyC@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu>
Peter D. Junger writes:
> But in one way the case may be worse for you cryptographers if you
> actually carry source code--or machine code--around inside your head.
> ... So, unless you first erase that portion of your memory that
> contains the C code for implementing the RSA algorithm ...
No problem. I can drink myself into a stupor, kill the brain cells,
and then be happily assured that I can just flip open the copy of
Schneier I'll carry openly under my arm and recall the algorithms from
there.
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