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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Subject: Re: Zimmermann's responses to Sidelnikov's PGP critique
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.015235.18648@netcom.com>
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- References: <930111.145154.0F0.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk> <1993Jan11.174606.3566@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:52:35 GMT
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- In response to Castor Fu, who has gone to some trouble to id
- Sidelnikov, as I've said in my e-mail to him (dunno if I've posted
- this or not), I received e-mail from a Russian at one of the most
- reputable U.S. Universities whose bona fides seem genuine, who says he
- knows Sidelnikov, has met him in Moscow, and he is who he says he is.
-
- Whether the Sidelnikov message is a spoof or not isn't known, but the
- history of its posting (first to an internal Russian network, then
- forwarded by a Latvian to us) seems to suggest Sidelnikov's bona fides
- had ample opportunity to be questioned in Russia and Latvia, and
- apparently were not.
-
- Unless you think the Latvian poster made it all up.
-
- Well, there's no point in arguing about it--the warning is there and
- may be ignored, accepted, or used as a tip to attempt independent
- verification of the claims.
-
- David
- --
- David Sternlight
- RIPEM Public Key on server -- Consider it an envelope for your e-mail
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