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to: BILL CHEEK
from: BILL FUNK
date: 1996-08-21 10:55:00
subject: RE: RULEMAKING: PGP SIGS

On 20 Aug 96 09:17am, Bill Cheek wrote to Jonathan Guy:
 BC> See my message on this subject to Bill Funk where I went into detail on
 BC> the very question you raised.  A digital sig is not only kind of like a
 BC> password unique to the user, but it also "fingerprints" the document to
 BC> which it is attached.  The password and fingerprint are mixed together
 BC> such that no one could know which part is which.  In effect, the sig
 BC> for two consecutive identical messages would be different.
 Maybe I'm just ignernt, but that sure sounds like a coded message to me.
 Especially since I would need a program (PGP) to see what that series of
 characters means.
Bill Funk:  Internet:  skypilot@starlink.com
	    ASCIi User Group: http://www.starlink.com:80/~ascii
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