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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