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Subject:    Re: [Cryptography]  =?utf-8?q?=22=E2=80=98The_intelligence_coup_of_th?=
From:       Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill () hallambaker ! com>
Date:       2020-02-14 16:53:37
Message-ID: CAMm+LwgD2z3OSeA8UOgG1MpQQGJbhstipfgFdyF0veOOr5Y+5Q () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 4:57 PM Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:47:14 -0800 Bill Stewart
> <billstewart@pobox.com> wrote:
> > I see 2.5 big advantages of RSA over DH
> > - DH is interactive, while RSA works just fine with publishing a
> > public key and reusing it multiple times.  So for non-interactive
> > applications like email and PGP, RSA's easier.
>
> There's an ElGamal encryption scheme, not just an ElGamal signature
> scheme...
>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElGamal_signature_scheme

Schnorr is closely related.

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" \
style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 4:57 PM Perry E. Metzger &lt;<a \
href="mailto:perry@piermont.com">perry@piermont.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 \
13:47:14 -0800 Bill Stewart<br> &lt;<a href="mailto:billstewart@pobox.com" \
target="_blank">billstewart@pobox.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br> &gt; I see 2.5 big \
advantages of RSA over DH<br> &gt; - DH is interactive, while RSA works just fine \
with publishing a<br> &gt; public key and reusing it multiple times.   So for \
non-interactive<br> &gt; applications like email and PGP, RSA&#39;s easier.<br>
<br>
There&#39;s an ElGamal encryption scheme, not just an ElGamal signature<br>
scheme...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><a \
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElGamal_signature_scheme">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElGamal_signature_scheme</a></div><div><br></div><div><div \
class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Schnorr is closely \
related.</div><br></div></div></div>



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