Anti-spoofing protocol?

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From: Robert Cain
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 09:00

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The problem of detecting a spoof in between two ends of a
Diffie-Hellman exchange is unsolved, as far as I know, using any known
protocol.  Is that changed if the crypto boxes at each end can have an
embedded unique electronic ID that cannot be retrieved from the box
(hypothetically at least?)

Bob
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Subject: Anti-spoofing protocol?
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