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- From: marc@tanda.isis.org (Marc Thibault)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: RIPEM vs. PGP
- Message-ID: <842074929DN5.61R@tanda.isis.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 11:49:50 EST
- References: <hmiller.724397340@lucpul.it.luc.edu> <1992Dec15.110814.27222@netcom.com> <0#=rh9n@dixie.com> <1992Dec16.173333.12868@netcom.com> <1992Dec16.115438@kuttner.sfc.sony.com>
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- In article <1992Dec16.115438@kuttner.sfc.sony.com>
- (Eric Weaver) writes:
-
- > How about someone "out there" making a RIPEM-compatible system rather in
- > the spirit of PGP, so we can get about exchanging our private mail, rather
- > than grousing about the legality of PGP? I shall be happy to send U.S. $20
-
- Why not wait (or not) until the RSA patent expires and join the
- rest of the world with PGP? The IDEA is crypto tech that everybody
- understands and doesn't have any secret design parameters. It's
- also a heck of a lot easier to implement than the DES.
-
- Best of the season,
- Marc
-
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