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Re: auth fields

To: rivest@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Ron Rivest)
Subject: Re: auth fields
From: Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 15:30:46 -0500
Cc: spki@c2.net, blampson@microsoft.com
In-Reply-To: <199703292018.AA22702@swan.lcs.mit.edu>
Sender: owner-spki@c2.net

At 03:18 PM 3/29/97 EST, Ron Rivest wrote:
>
>As another reason why not to use short auth fields: when I first saw
>the "moi" auth field in the document, I thought this was some kind of
>cute french thing.  I still think that when I see it...

As you should :)

That's what a group membership is -- declaring part of "me".

(OK, I'll grow up someday and stop getting kicks out of being cute.)


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