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Re: WG Last Call for SKIP I-D

To: IPSEC@ans.net
Subject: Re: WG Last Call for SKIP I-D
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:34:42 -0500
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Nov 1995 15:39:48 EST." <199511222132.AA06047@interlock.ans.net>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com


> >>Secure e-mail protocols, such as PGP, PEM, MOSS, etc. are widely
> >>used in the Internet community for encryption purposes, and these provide
> >>no perfect forward secrecy.
[...]
> >I "accept" no PFS for email right now only because I have no viable
> >alternative.

I was under the impression that certain variations on El Gammal let
you do perfect forward secrecy in non-interactive communications. am I
hallucinating this, or is it correct?

Perry

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