> From: amo@research.att.com
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 95 21:42 EDT
> To: harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk
>
> Stevan,
>
> On the subject of encryption, it's amazing that the folks at CNRS
> are not familiar with the advances in cryptography. There are two
> that are most relevant, and it might be worth mentioning them at
> least by name. One is that of a digital signature, which allows
> an author to attach an unforgeable tag to a digital work which certifies
> that it was this particular person who signed that work, and that
> not a single bit has been modified. This concept goes back about
> 20 years, and I am sure is covered in detail in the Schneier book
> you cite. The other, more recent development, which may or may
> not be in Schneier's first edition (the second, much revised, edition
> is due out at the end of '95) is that of digital time-stamping.
> Invented a few years ago by Haber and Stornetta, such stamps enable
> anyone to establish the time a digital signature was generated
> to within a small interval (today a week, but in future even
> closer).
Hi Andrew, very helpful supps, as always! Thanks, will forward.
> Both versions have now appeared, so it is probably best to list it as
>
Odlyzko, A.M. (1995) Tragic loss or good riddance? The impending
demise of traditional scholarly journals, International Journal of
Human-Computer Studies (formerly International Journal of Man-Machine
Studies), 42 (1995), 71-122. Condensed version in Notices of the
Amercan Mathematical Society, 42 (Jan. 1995), 49-53. Available at URL
ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/att/math/odlyzko/tragic.loss.Z
>
> Regards,
> Andrew
Will update in all documents. Chrs, S
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