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From: mfidelma@bbn.com (Miles R. Fidelman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: RSA for files too?
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Date: 30 Mar 89 16:59:43 GMT
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Since RSA cryptography is about to show up on the Internet, maybe we
should look at extending its application to the protection of file
transers - perhaps by specifying a standard way to generate crypto-checksums
for inclusion in compressed files.