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Article #3043Re: Zimmermann's responses to Sidelnikov's PGP critique
From: David Sternlight
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:00
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:00
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Rob Stampfli suggests there may be a problem with unix systems' granularity in measuring the intervals between random characters typed as part of the PGP key generation process. I notice that one RIPEM public key in the public server file has its first 34 characters identical to my ripem public key. Perhaps this is related. It seems an unlikely coincidence, given that the two keys were generated by different individuals, apparently on different computers, and very likely at different clock times. David -- David Sternlight RIPEM Public Key on server -- Consider it an envelope for your e-mail
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security.pgp,alt.security.ripem Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!strnlght From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) Subject: Re: Zimmermann's responses to Sidelnikov's PGP critique Message-ID: <1993Jan10.000015.20757@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1993Jan8.173701.8858@ncar.ucar.edu> <1993Jan9.172046.17709@colnet.cmhnet.org> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:00:15 GMT Lines: 16