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Article #759Re: User authentication
From: frank
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:07
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:07
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brnstnd@nyu.edu (D. J. Bernstein) writes: : If you hear that IBM just did something, do you care what *real people* : are involved in making that decision for IBM? You might, but IBM doesn't : have to tell you, and business will go on even if you don't know. The : only problem---the problem that public-key cryptography solves---is that : somebody else might pretend to be IBM, the IBM you already know, without : IBM's approval. If IBM signs its messages then this problem disappears. Does it? O.K., I'm IBM. Our key is: begin bigblue.key ;:;:;:;;ABB<<DDDHEHHEUUUU end Now, can I withdraw some money from our account? I want to buy a Mac. Oops! Blown it. -- Frank O'Dwyer Disclaimer: Siemens-Nixdorf AG I will deny everything Tel. : +49 (89) 636-40639 Fax. : +49 (89) 636-45860 e-mail: Frank.ODwyer@sniap.mchp.sni.de
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!murignis!ap542!D012S436!frank From: frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de () Subject: Re: User authentication Message-ID: <1992Aug28.140721.599@sniap.mchp.sni.de> Sender: news@sniap.mchp.sni.de (News Admin) Organization: Siemens-Nixdorf AG References: <19253.Aug2700.31.1692@virtualnews.nyu.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 14:07:21 GMT Lines: 23