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From: rpt@warwick.UUCP (Richard Tomlinson)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: Cryptographic Signature Schemes
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Date: Thu, 28-Nov-85 07:29:03 EST
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In article <599@ttrdc.UUCP> levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:
>This is presuming that the KGB is willing to provide the "original" which was
>intercepted then deciphered as proof.  I doubt that they would; we all know
>a petty detail like that also doesn't stop Russia's baldfaced lies.

I think that once a secure signature scheme was established then the KGB would
have to produce the original document to give their acusations any
credibility. If they refused then I think the civilised world would dismiss
the acusations and the KGB might then stop (but I doubt it!).
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