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The Elevator Problem (a.k.a. build a private key in public)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)
Wed Dec 13 00:37:26 1995

From: fc@all.net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 00:11:09 -0500 (EST)

Alice: tell Bob your public key
Bob: use Alice's public key to encrypt a random number and tell it to everyone

Now: start communicating using the random number as a private key.

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