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- From: adc@convex.cl.msu.edu (Alan D. Cabrera)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: PD public key system
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.164641.139@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 15 Aug 92 16:46:41 GMT
- References: <1992Aug15.060903.7682@dsd.es.com>
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- In article <1992Aug15.060903.7682@dsd.es.com> rjones@itchy.dsd.es.com (Ray Jones - Perp) writes:
- >
- >I'm working on a client/server pair that requires some sort of
- >verification. The method I wanted to use was:
- >
- >I was planning on using the RSA algorithm, but I also need to make this
- >code almost completely distributable (PD). I understand that if I try to
- >do that with the RSA system, I'll probably get sued...
- >
- >Any suggestions? Is it true I can't use RSA? Is there a scheme that would
- >work for the above and that I could also distribute?
-
- Don't forget to mention that we also want to export the authentication
- code. I think that the key word here is authentication. Also, the
- code is for a game, Netrek. This means that the PKE algorithm doesn't
- need to be as bulletproof as RSA. If a Netrekkie wants to puruchase
- a couple supercomputers to break a key then the geek deserves to
- masquarade as any client s/he desires.
-
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