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Re: An easy-to-reply anonymous mail scheme
- To: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: An easy-to-reply anonymous mail scheme
- From: Peter Shipley <[email protected]>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 92 12:30:01 -0800
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 25 Nov 92 13:35:40 -0500. <[email protected]>
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- Posted-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 92 12:30:01 -0800
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>So to use this, you would generate a public/private key pair, and compute the
>hash function of the public part. Anonymously post the public key to
>alt.key.announce, and then send your message by whatever means you like (anon
>mail, anon post to a regular newsgroup, anything) using [email protected]
>as your return address. Then watch alt.w.a.s.t.e for replies and decrypt
>as received...
one problem is that pgp labels public/private key pairs with strings
(thus I have to create a public/private key pair with a unique label string
that has nothing to do with my name) the problem still exists that
every message posted to alt.w.a.s.t.e with have my pgp key label string.
pgp does not support unlabeled crypted test (eg: I can had it random
cyphertext and have it figure out public/private key pair to use (by
trying every key in my rings)(