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Re: More elveator problem
On Sat, 9 Dec 1995 00:23:41 -0800, Jerry Whiting wrote:
>More on The Elevator Problem:
>I'll confess that we're working on a new private key encryption product. Free
>and clear of existing claims on intellectual property, I'd like a protocol
>that answers the elevator problem: how can Alice and Bob agree on a private
>key via a compromised channel? I don't want them to meet under a street lamp
>and whisper in each other's ears _before_ trying to establish a secret on a
>crowded elevator.
[..]
>Something that I neglected to mention before is that Alice and Bob do have a
>unique ID within this system, not that they necessarily know each others. If
>one assumes that they do, they then share a secret: the knowledge of each
>other's unique ID.
[..]
Wait... are unique IDs secret from others? Can they share theirs with
ea. other without compromising something?
Maybe using a hash of their combined secret ideas (adding them, or
mixing the bits... how long is the unique ID?) can be used to generate
a "key" to exchange other information....
>Jerry Whiting
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