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Re: [openpgp] Proposal for a separable ring signature scheme compatible with RSA, DSA, and ECDSA keys

Ben Laurie <ben@links.org> Mon, 17 March 2014 10:53 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Proposal for a separable ring signature scheme compatible with RSA, DSA, and ECDSA keys
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On 17 March 2014 10:15, Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:43, ben@links.org said:
>
>>>> make sure I only use the new s/w for ring signatures. Then probability
>>>> says its not me, according to you.
>>>
>>> Right, you would decrease the probability that you created it.
>>
>> Clearly not.
>
> I concur and you then disagree?

The probability I created it is 100%, right? That's exactly my point.

However, you propose a calculation that makes it _less_ likely that I
created than others did. Clearly this calculation is wrong.

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