At 1:23 7/23/96, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
If you know that the recipient can read a message encrypted with 3DES, IDEA, or RC2-128, then you can send the message using one of these strong algorithms. Given that you need someones public key to send them a message, there are several obvious ways to transmit information about what algorithms they accept along with it.
Granted. What about the signature bug? Will Netscape encrypt the outside signature? -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne for President.
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At 1:23 7/23/96, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
If you know that the recipient can read a message encrypted with 3DES, IDEA, or RC2-128, then you can send the message using one of these strong algorithms. Given that you need someones public key to send them a message, there are several obvious ways to transmit information about what algorithms they accept along with it.
Granted. What about the signature bug? Will Netscape encrypt the outside signature?
I think that this bug in s/mime should have been fixed long ago. We will try to get this fixed in the spec before our products goes out. --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine.
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