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Old 03-28-2008, 08:17 AM   #54
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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce View Post
You've also obviously completely failed to grasp the nature of individual private keys. I suggest again "The Code Book", as an entertaining history of cryptography, and a layman's non-technical introduction to public key cryptography.
I don't know about moz, but I've implemented RSA myself (just for fun -- not a serious implementation). I'm pretty sure I've got a good handle on the basic principles of asymmetric cryptography, and I think moz does too. We're really not being intentionally obtuse here, and I'm really not trying to be mean or flamey, but I think you've got some misapprehension about the workings of asymmetric crypto.

I think the misunderstanding is that you think that the fact that each individual has their own public/private keypair means that no single universal tool like ConvertLIT for MSLIT or mobidedrm for Mobipocket can be written. Is this the issue?
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