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Re: Using signature-only certs to authenticate key exchanges
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Salz)
Thu Aug 17 11:12:24 2000
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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:21:55 -0400
From: Rich Salz <rsalz@caveosystems.com>
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To: Enzo Michelangeli <em@who.net>
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> This effectively exempts things like signature-only smartcards and similar
> tokens.
I would not want to risk things on strict technical interpretation.
I would go solely by intent, which often seems obvious.
"I don't know what cryptography is, but I know it when I see it."
/r$