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- From: lewis@aera8700.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Public Key & MS-DOS
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.172452.27903@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:24:52 GMT
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- In article <1465900005@igc.apc.org>, Dan Yurman <dyurman@igc.apc.org> writes:
- >
- >I would appreciate pointers to books which explain how to
- >understand public key / private key systems. Also, I would
- >appreciate pointers to any MS-DOS implementations either as
- >shareware or commercial products. As you can tell, I am
- >new to this field so elementary sources are better. Thanks.
-
- PGP, a derivative of the RSA public key system, is available for anonymous
- ftp from gatekeeper.dec.com under the /pub/micros/msdos/pgp directory.
- The documentation included (pgpguide.lst) with it is a good introduction to
- public key systems (RSA in particular).
-
- If you want to get into the mathematics of one-way functions, I suggest the
- article "The Mathematics of Public Key Cryptography", by Martin E. Hellman,
- _Scientific American_ (August 1978?). There was also a "Mathematical Games"
- column (by Martin Gardner) in 1977 or 1978 that dealt with the subject.
-
- Keith Lewis klewis@mitre.org "Mr. Cheap"
- I don't dance to music; music dances to me. Email me for my PGP key.
- The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.
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