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Re: Crypto '95

To: [email protected] (Adam Shostack)
Subject: Re: Crypto '95
From: [email protected] (Mark Chen)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 23:01:56 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: [email protected] (cypherpunks)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Adam Shostack" at Sep 2, 95 02:59:24 pm
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> 	The best talks were probably by Ross Anderson (Robustness
> Principles for Public Key Protocols) and Adi Shamir (Myths and
> Realities of Cryptography).

One interesting aspect of Anderson's result is that it decisively
breaks X.509 (he shows how to forge signatures in
encrypt-before-signing protocols by computing a discrete log over the
RSA modulus).  I strongly recommend the paper.


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Mark Chen 
[email protected]
415/329-6913
finger for PGP public key
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References:
- Crypto '95
  - From: Adam Shostack <[email protected]>

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