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Re: "PGP-Scape"? (was Re: Our "New Order")

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Strasheim)
Mon Feb 5 01:28:48 1996

From: Alex Strasheim <cp@proust.suba.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 00:21:48 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <199602050334.WAA17133@UNiX.asb.com> from "Deranged Mutant" at Feb 4, 96 10:22:47 pm

> There's also less worry about secure transactions, since if 
> everything's encrypted it's harder to tell if a transaction is taking 
> place, viewing porno or subversive or religious, literature,  or if
> you're just reading something mundane.

I think I must be missing something here.  Aren't you describing an SSL 
web server?  Different algorithms, but basically the same idea?

> So is fast-than-light travel, but only if it's implemented.

Netscape 2.0 is out for real -- everyone can now pick their certs.  GAK 
just got harder.



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