[45302] in Cypherpunks
Re: e-Cash: CAFE vs. Mondex
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp (ecarp@netcom.com))
Wed Dec 13 01:32:19 1995
From: "Ed Carp (ecarp@netcom.com)" <ecarp@netcom.com>
To: Matthias Schunter <schunter@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de>,
pfitzb@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de, WMI@ZURICH.IBM.COM,
cypherpunks@toad.com, WWW-BUYINFO@allegra.att.com
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 23:57:59 +0600
Reply-To: ecarp@netcom.com
Cc: pfitzb@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de, WMI@ZURICH.IBM.COM,
cypherpunks@toad.com, WWW-BUYINFO@allegra.att.com
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:34:58 +0100
> To: David Klur <dklur@dttus.com>
> From: Matthias Schunter <schunter@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de>
> Subject: Re: e-Cash: CAFE vs. Mondex
> Cc: pfitzb@informatik.uni-hildesheim.de, WMI@ZURICH.IBM.COM,
> cypherpunks@toad.com, WWW-BUYINFO@allegra.att.com
> Dear Mr. Klur,
>
>
> I'm member of the CAFE consortium but I can not answer your question.
> As far as we know, the details of the Mondex protocols are still
> confidential (or only available under a non-disclosure license).
Oh, I see. Is this another one of those "we won't let you make sure
that your money is safe with us, you'll just have to trust us" sort
of things?
Security through obscurity was never a very strong selling suit,
especially to those who know that STO very likely hides a very weak
encryption/authentication scheme.
