pubkeys for p and g

[Peter Fairbrother]

martin f krafft wrote:

> also sprach Peter Fairbrother <zenadsl6186 at zen.co.uk> [2003.06.27.1903 +0200]:
>> Can you give me a ref to where they say that? I'd like to know
>> exactly what they are claiming.
> 
> this will have to wait a couple of days.
> 
>> Perhaps they are encrypting the DH secrets with RSA keys to provide some
>> recipient authentication?
> 
> nope.
> 
>> Or perhaps they are using DH instead of RSA for their public keys?
> 
> nope.

Hmmm.

It's not exactly DH, but if you used the e of a RSA key as g, and the N as
p, that would actually work. It's only one RSA key tho'.


-- 
Peter Fairbrother


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