At 6:58 PM 1/13/95, Eric Hughes wrote:

From: Ben.Goren@asu.edu

That of the data haven operator being able to deny knowledge of the contents of files people send him. He'll only return files that, when operated on by a strong cryptographic algorithm, make sense.

This idea doesn't work for the purpose intended. I'll upload straight ASCII. When you ask for an decryption key, I'll make one up randomly, apply the decryption algorithm to the flat text, and send that back to you as a confirmation. [. . .]

Damn. I hate it when I overlook the obvious. Still, I'd like to think there's an answer. Perhaps I'll keep thinking on it.

Eric

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