crypto question

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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, McMeikan, Andrew wrote:

>A question and a probe.
>
>Question.  Is it possible to have code that contains a private encryption
>key safely?  Every way I look at it the answer seems no, yet some degree of
>safety might be possible by splitting an encrypting routine across several
>nodes.  Can someone give me a pointer to any work in this area?

The answer is in fact "no."

However, your actual needs may be amenable to some slightly different
question, or a protocol-based method.  What are you trying to accomplish?


				Ray


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