[45369] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Elevator Problem (a.k.a. build a private key in public)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Futplex)
Thu Dec 14 03:54:39 1995
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 03:28:26 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <9512130511.AA25229@all.net> from "Dr. Frederick B. Cohen" at Dec 13, 95 00:11:09 am
From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
> 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.
It's far from clear that this is a patent-free solution.
-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
