[91521] in Cypherpunks
Re: Superdistribution development/release
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rabid Wombat)
Sat Dec 6 19:48:26 1997
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:51:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
cc: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971204051052.9060A-100000@pakastelohi.cypherpunks.to>
Reply-To: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Don't under-estimate Bob; he can factor large primes in his head instantly.
quadraticsievemonger
On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Lucky Green wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> >
> > Persistent Cryptographic Wrappers (RightsWrapper) - No matter where the
> > digital document (financial newsletter, educational test, minutes from a
> > court proceeding, sensitive health care records, etc.) goes, no matter
> > how it gets there, whether it is used and then subsequently
> > redistributed, etc. the document is always encrypted. It is never left
> > decrypted and exposed even while it is being viewed.
>
> They have lost their mind. Since humans are notoriously bad at performing
> decryptions in their head in real time, whatever is sent to the display
> *must* be cleartext. Any competent programmer can grab it at that point.
>
> -- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred.
> "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?"
>
>
