[87766] in Cypherpunks
Re: Secure phone
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Frantz)
Mon Oct 6 13:11:20 1997
In-Reply-To: <199710060125.CAA03034@server.test.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:28:05 -0700
To: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>, eb@comsec.com
From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Cc: jad@dsddhc.com, jamesd@echeque.com, cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Reply-To: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
At 6:25 PM -0700 10/5/97, Adam Back wrote:
>On the other hand, using persistent key public key crypto, Tim has
>been signing his posts recently, and I have an ancient public key of
>his stashed away which his new key is signed with. If we were able to
>construct a protocol to bolt on top of the reading of hashes, we could
>have much greater protection against MITM.
Of course if you can use PGP as well as the secure phone, you can use PGP
to exchange a pad of one-time passwords.
>
>To answer the other poster who opined that you had no business saying
>things to people who's voices you don't recognize: nonsense.
>
>We're saying things all the time to people who's voices we've _never_
>heard with PGP.
Are you really willing to discuss with Tim that suitcase you're planning on
bringing to the states. :-)
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