The Elevator Problem (a.k.a. build a private key in public)

Dr. Frederick B. Cohen fc at all.net
Tue Dec 12 23:17:37 PST 1995


Alice: tell Bob your public key
Bob: use Alice's public key to encrypt a random number and tell it to everyone

Now: start communicating using the random number as a private key.

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