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From: Francois Labreque
Date: 7 Oct 2014 08:51:16
Message: <5433e1c4@news.povray.org>
Le 2014-10-06 09:53, clipka a écrit :
> Am 06.10.2014 13:48, schrieb Francois Labreque:
>> Le 2014-10-03 19:57, Doctor John a écrit :
>>> I've been using gpg for some years now. It works.
>>>
>>> Now Scentrics come up with,what they say is a more secure new method to
>>> prevent MITM attacks:
>>>
>>
>> It's actually the opposite.  Their patent is to specifially allow MITM
>> attacks (from Law Enforcement).
>
> For a bit of nitpicking, from the quoted portion of the patent
> application it's not clear whether it is actually a MITM attack or just
> plain eavesdropping with a backdoor to the cryptographic stuff.
>
You're right, it's not really a MITM attack, but the end result is the 
same.

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