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- From: frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de ()
- Subject: Re: Secure netnews
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.132835.13294@sniap.mchp.sni.de>
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- Organization: Siemens-Nixdorf AG
- References: <1992Aug19.172555.14545@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 13:28:35 GMT
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- dla@iso (Don Alvarez) writes:
- : The problem has NOTHING to do with encryption. No matter how you
- : encrypt/sign/etc your message, we are still faced with the fact that
- : you and I have never met and know nothing about each other. I could
- : call you on the phone or walk up to you on the street and you still
-
- You could show me your passport (for example), then I'd know who you
- are. Enough to associate you with the key you give me. Enough
- to know you weren't skippy...
-
- : You might want to look at the literature on Key-distribution protocols.
- : THAT'S where the problem is. How to START the communications link.
- : Once we each have copies of each other's public keys, then it's easy.
- :
-
- And *you* might want to mention that this problem is well known
- and has known scalable solutions, rather than implying it's
- impossible.
-
- X.509, PEM,....
-
- Frank.
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