At 6:25 PM -0700 10/5/97, Adam Back wrote:
On the other hand, using persistent key public key crypto, Tim has been signing his posts recently, and I have an ancient public key of his stashed away which his new key is signed with. If we were able to construct a protocol to bolt on top of the reading of hashes, we could have much greater protection against MITM.
Of course if you can use PGP as well as the secure phone, you can use PGP to exchange a pad of one-time passwords.
To answer the other poster who opined that you had no business saying things to people who's voices you don't recognize: nonsense.
We're saying things all the time to people who's voices we've _never_ heard with PGP.
Are you really willing to discuss with Tim that suitcase you're planning on bringing to the states. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Internal surveillance | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | helped make the USSR the | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | nation it is today. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA