Re: Zimmermann's responses to Sidelnikov's PGP critique

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From: Vesselin Bontchev
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:01

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strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:

> 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 Sternlight again broadcasts to the whole world his inability to
read. The answer to his question is in the documentation of RIPEM.
(Even that particular might be named "README", but I am not certain
about that...)

Regards,
Vesselin
-- 
Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev          Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
Tel.:+49-40-54715-224, Fax: +49-40-54715-226      Fachbereich Informatik - AGN
< PGP 2.1 public key available on request. > Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30, rm. 107 C
e-mail: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de    D-2000 Hamburg 54, Germany

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From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
Subject: Re: Zimmermann's responses to Sidelnikov's PGP critique
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