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Article #838Re: Secure netnews
From: Marc.Ringuette
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:03
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:03
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dla@raven.princeton.edu (Don Alvarez) writes, > There is no way to defend against this because there is no way to prove > who sent the message stating that machine foo has received an article. Sorry, Don, but you're just totally 100% wrong. Digital signatures exist! They are practical, and they work. You might want to have a look at any tutorial on RSA, which will tell you how to do secure authentication (digital signatures) assuming RSA is secure. M.
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arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!mips!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!daisy.learning.cs.cmu.edu!Marc.RinguetteShow Full Headers
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!mips!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!daisy.learning.cs.cmu.edu!Marc.Ringuette From: Marc.Ringuette@daisy.learning.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Secure netnews Message-ID: <9208191619.AA25204@news.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:03:00 GMT Lines: 12