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Coupled programs




>Eric Hughes ([email protected]) wrote:
>: What needs to happen for
>: cryptography is the development of such protocols for key exchange,
>: signatures, and other cryptographic entities.

Mitra writes:
>I thought that was the point of PEM? Why not integrate the PGP
>encryption protocol into the PEM structure?

I am talking about interactive protocols.  To generate a session key
for communication with some remote host will require both parties to
cooperate.

PEM is a standard for "privacy enchanced" electronic email formats and
encryption methods.  PEM is not a standard for interacting protocols.

Eric