Eric Rescorla wrote: > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 23:42 > To: John Gilmore > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Russia Intercepts US Military Communications? > > > John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Remember, the cypherpunks ... secured any Web traffic > Credit where it's due. Netscape was responsible for this.
Just for the record, SSLv1 first saw significant review, if it was not first posted to, the Cypherpunks mailing list. Those who participated in the list at the time may remember Mark Andreessen, a Cypherpunks newbie in those days, proudly posting his new crypto protocol. The protocol received the customary reception security protocols designed by crypto newbies tend to receive: it was torn to shreds immediately. SSLv2 rapidly superceded SSLv1. SSLv2 in turn was implemented throughout Netscape's products by the Weinstein brothers, which during those days were very active participants in both the Cypherpunks mailing list and Cypherpunks meetings. --Lucky Green --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
