Cybank breaks new ground; rejects public-key encryption

[Robert Hettinga]

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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 22:55:43 +0200
From: Ian Grigg <iang at systemics.com>
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Subject: Cybank breaks new ground; rejects public-key encryption

This taken from their pages (http://www.cybank.net/cb-encr.htm)
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                  Security and Encryption

  Cybank software is protected by multiple encryption and identification
  systems, some can be seen, others are invisible.

  Cybank cash can be traced back to the original account it belongs to.

  Cash Keys cannot effectively be modified with disabling them.

  Because cash keys are also password protected, they can only be created and
  spent by the authorised account holder.

  Cybank uses an encryption matrix of 380 characters. Cybank can safely
  transfer any Cash Key or message from point A to point B via the Internet.
  Cybank DOES NOT use Public Key Encryption (which has proven to be
  insecure).

  Here is a sample encrypted code, see if you can understand it:

  193404158201838932119642777371870823541340764 [...]
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I wonder if they intend to publish the protocols :-)

--
iang
iang at systemics.com


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