Re: a question RE: PKCS1 known cyphertext attack

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Joshua Hill (jehill@nexis.org)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:13:46 -0700


On Tue, Jun 30, 1998 at 06:20:19PM -0400, Lewis McCarthy wrote:
> I'm under the impression that the security vendors involved want to
> give PKCS#1 users some time to react before they post full attack
> details on (e.g.) the web.

I understand the constraints that they are under... Unfortunately,
I'm in the position of having to write a report on the viability
of an attack. Knowing these things would be useful for me to
fully understand the attack. Oh well, I suppose there is enough
information in the RSA bulletin to formulate an answer... I would
just rather not have those gaps in my understanding of the attack.

Such is life, I suppose. :-)

(and I don't have to wait too long... Daniel Bleichenbacher is giving
a talk at Crypto '98, and I'd expect to see the specifics there...)

                                Josh

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