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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: Cryptographic Signature Schemes
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Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 16:55:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 14 16:55:38 1985
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In article <10970@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, tedrick@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick) writes:
>Keywords:Outwitting KGB
>Here is a possible application for cryptographic
>signature schemes.
>"The KGB regularly produces forgeries which the Soviet
>press and agents then cite as 'proof' that the United
>States is guilty of whatever pefidy it is being accused
>of at the moment."
>   -from "KGB Today", by John Barron
>It should be possible to apply some of the cryptographic
>signature schemes that have been published in the last
>few years (see Proceedings of Crypto 83, 84, proceedings
>of Eurocrypt 84, 85 etc.) so that secret documents have
>verifiable cryptographically secure signatures included,
>which would do away with this problem.
>   -Tom
Better yet, keep the documents themselves secret, like they are supposed to
be.
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