Re: Probabilistic encryption

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From: Nelson Minar
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 21:08

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Marc.Ringuette@daisy.learning.cs.cmu.edu writes:
>[encryption algorithm that seems as useful and secure as RSA]
>Still, the practicality of the algorithm and the excellent cryptographic
>guarantees makes it a very attractive method.  Does anyone know if it's
>gotten much attention?

Is it under the same restrictions RSA is? If the algorithm is freely
usable, and it's provably as secure as RSA, I'm amazed that someone
hasn't implemented and distributed it widely.

Is there a catch?
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From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
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Subject: Re: Probabilistic encryption
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Date: 6 Sep 92 21:08:51 GMT
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