Newsgroups: news.software.b Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: public key cryptography to eliminate/detect forged messages Message-ID: <1989Aug10.153953.16359@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1038@anise.acc.com> <12007@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 89 15:39:53 GMT In article <12007@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin) writes: >Why didn't we implement one? Well, it's harder than you might think... We considered it for C News as well, particularly when Bob Webber was being obnoxious about moderated groups. We came to pretty much the same conclusion: it's hard, you really need serious-cryppie help, and the choice of algorithm is a problem. (Not to mention, it's not good for performance.) So we said "not just now". -- V7 /bin/mail source: 554 lines.| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 1989 X.400 specs: 2200+ pages. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu