Posted by Michael Winter on 06/08/05 14:59

On 08/06/2005 08:24, David Dorward wrote:

> Michael Winter wrote:

[snip]

>> [A proxy] shouldn't need to see plaintext though, should it?

[snip]

> The data is encrypted using Adam's key.

I made the rather fatal mistake of forgetting a fundamental principle:
that data transmission is performed using a negotiated secret key and
symmetrical cipher; the same resource will be encrypted differently for
different people.

*slaps forehead*

OK, I'll be quiet now. :(

Mike

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