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From: Peter Mackay
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 00:00
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In article <4akghl$5nf@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>, jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel M. Rubin) wrote: >Did you read in Monday's N.Y. Times about the guy who claims that he can get >the key if he can monitor exactly how much time it takes you to decrypt >various messages? 1. Shouldn't this be posted to alt.privacy? 2. I'm sure PGP can be modified to take an amount of time proportional to the length of the message and nothing else, if there is a weakness. 3. How does an attack based on time work? Surely if you've got good enough access to the decrypting machine to record the *exact* time, you've also got good enough access to read the key anyway. ~ m u U Cheers! \| |> -Peter Mackay / \ "Put not thy faith in platitudes" _\ /_
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 113d91,9f373b356e9ea65 X-Google-Attributes: gid113d91,public X-Google-Thread: f4bcb,9f373b356e9ea65 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bcb,public X-Google-Thread: 11450b,9f373b356e9ea65 X-Google-Attributes: gid11450b,public X-Google-Thread: 102fd5,9f373b356e9ea65 X-Google-Attributes: gid102fd5,public X-Google-Thread: 10df0c,9f373b356e9ea65 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df0c,public From: petemack@ozemail.com.au (Peter Mackay) Subject: Re: :...NorthStar - Key Escrow Encryption (Intro)...: Date: 1995/12/17 Message-ID: <ACFA29FF96681BFEF@slcan1p39.ozemail.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 122097441 distribution: world references: <proteios-1012951348320001@s51.phxslip4.indirect.com> <4akghl$5nf@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> organization: Air Mail Games newsgroups: aus.net.policy,aus.politics,ba.politics,bc.politics,bcs.activists