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Article #750Re: Secure netnews
From: Carl Ellison
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 05:47
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 05:47
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In article <1992Aug27.132835.13294@sniap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de writes: >You could show me your passport (for example), then I'd know who you >are. Enough to associate you with the key you give me. You don't know me so you have no way of knowing if I'm the one who handed you the key and showed you the passport with my name on it. On the other hand, if we had a true broadcast mechanism -- eg., amateur radio? -- something which can't be spliced into so that the imposter could trap all your traffic or mine -- then we don't need to meet. All I have to do is broadcast my key and monitor my own broadcast.
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arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!bu.edu!transfer!ellisun.sw.stratus.com!cmeReferences:
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!bu.edu!transfer!ellisun.sw.stratus.com!cme From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Secure netnews Message-ID: <5978@transfer.stratus.com> Date: 28 Aug 92 05:47:09 GMT References: <1992Aug19.172555.14545@Princeton.EDU> <1992Aug27.132835.13294@sniap.mchp.sni.de> Sender: usenet@transfer.stratus.com Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering Lines: 11