NYT Article: Cryptologists Discover Flaw in E-Mail Security Program

Gerry Mckiernan GMCKIERN at gwgate.lib.iastate.edu
Wed Mar 21 11:26:00 EST 2001


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/Gerry McKiernan
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Cryptologists Discover Flaw in E-Mail Security Program


By JAMES GLANZ

Two cryptologists announced that they had found a flaw in the most
widely used program for sending encrypted, or coded, e-mail
messages.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/21/technology/21CODE.html?ex=986189183&ei=1&en=36bd917774a05ee8 

Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company

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