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Jim Gillogly (jim@acm.org)
Mon, 01 Feb 1999 00:04:38 -0800
M-K Shen wrote:
> Brad Kemp wrote:
>>
>> If there is any data loss (i.e. lost packet or corrupted disk) the
>> rest of the plaintext is lost.
>
> I have addressed this point in a response to Jim Gillogly. If
> communication line is functioning, their protocol should take care
> of lost packets and retrasnsmission. Certainly my scheme does not
> address hardware problems on the side of communication partners. But
> that is also not addressed by other schemes, if I don't err.
Taking these in reverse order: You do. It is. True enough. Not
relevant to your session key scheme. Not adequately.
'Nuff said... on this end, anyway.
-- Jim Gillogly Highday, 11 Solmath S.R. 1999, 08:00 12.19.5.16.6, 13 Cimi 19 Muan, Second Lord of Night
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:25