Re: Anybody know details about Schneier's "flaw"?

Marc Mutz <mutz@kde.org> Wed, 14 August 2002 21:12 UTC

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From: Marc Mutz <mutz@kde.org>
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To: john.dlugosz@kodak.com, OpenPGP <ietf-openpgp@imc.org>
Subject: Re: Anybody know details about Schneier's "flaw"?
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 22:42:09 +0200
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On Wednesday 14 August 2002 16:40, john.dlugosz@kodak.com wrote:
> In http://netscape.com.com/2100-1105-949506.html?type=pt there is a
> vague mention of a problem:
<snip>
> Does anybody know more about this?  Can a minor improvement to the
> new -bis draft fix it?
<snip>

Do you mean this:
www.counterpane.com/pgp-attack.html
or something else?

Marc

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