On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, McMeikan, Andrew wrote:
>A question and a probe.
>
>Question. Is it possible to have code that contains a private encryption
>key safely? Every way I look at it the answer seems no, yet some degree of
>safety might be possible by splitting an encrypting routine across several
>nodes. Can someone give me a pointer to any work in this area?
The answer is in fact "no."
However, your actual needs may be amenable to some slightly different
question, or a protocol-based method. What are you trying to accomplish?
Ray
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