fast elliptical encryption (?)

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From: Karl Barrus
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 14:02

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I thought I read somewhere that the NeXT application "For Your Eyes
Only" uses a public key cryptosystem based on fast elliptical
encryption.  Is this true?  Does anyone have references?

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