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Re: digital signature request

2004-02-25 09:12:23
Dave Aronson wrote:

On Wed February 25 2004 09:53, John Stracke wrote:

> Not necessarily.  Spam viruses would then start collecting people's
> private keys.

Theoretically possible, but at least it would significantly raise the bar.

Only one person needs to figure out how to do it.  Think script kiddies.

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