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Re: Windows for Workgroups 3.11

To: [email protected] (Andrzej Bursztynski)
Subject: Re: Windows for Workgroups 3.11
From: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 94 07:19:54 EDT
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 06 Jul 94 11:42:59 -0000. <[email protected]>
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> Just wonder if anyone had a closer look at the "Advanced security" option
> built in the Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11. You can use a soft
> of a public/private key when sending a mail via fax (Class 1) driver
> Micrsoft Fax at Work. The key seems to be quite short and I wonder if that's
> a real secure solution comparing eg. to PGP?

If it really is public key, and if the keys really are quite short,
then its probably really *not* secure.  Remember than a 129-digit
(~425 bit) RSA key was broken in 8 months!  A 384-bit RSA key is
therefore not secure!

-derek

References:
- Windows for Workgroups 3.11
  - From: [email protected] (Andrzej Bursztynski)

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