In article <35gl4b$qtn@bb.com>, I blathered:
I do have a couple questions that aren't terribly related:
- Are there any known PK message formats that commute? It seems clear to me that PGP and RIPEM do not, since that makes no sense for private key ciphers like DES/3DES and IDEA.
I have no idea why I phrased so badly: clearly, commuting makes sense with DES and IDEA. What I meant was "since it doesn't make sense for compound message formats where the private keys are encrypted in public key ciphers, as IDEA is in PGP and DES/3DES are in RIPEM. Serves me right for posting after being awake for so long. -- L. Todd Masco | "A man would simply have to be as mad as a hatter, to try and cactus@bb.com | change the world with a plastic platter." - Todd Rundgren