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

john.dlugosz@kodak.com Wed, 14 August 2002 21:38 UTC

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According to the link posted by someone else, (www.counterpane.com/pgp-attack.html), "We also recommend changes in the OpenPGP standard [3 ]to educe the 
effectiveness of ou attacks in these settings."

Are the people activly working on the -bis draft aware of this?

--John

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