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Subject: Re: Time Stamping Again.
From: Austin Obyrne <austin.obyrne@hotmail.com>
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On Saturday, September 15, 2012 5:15:56 PM UTC+1, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Austin Obyrne wrote: > I guess there's nothing that can't be perverted in=
 some way. Well, you can't do the same sort of tampering with checksums (or=
 even GPG signatures). Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@altum.=
de> Tel: +49 (0)2471 209385 | Mobil: +49 (0)176 34473913 GPG Public Key C2E=
467BB | Jabber: dirk.heinrichs@altum.de

Like a lot of other things in computer science this whole topic bears a lot=
 of discussion that is apppication-specific on a particular day maybe but n=
ot generally the case on all other days.

Frankly,=20

Quote:

 "Well, you can't do the same sort of tampering with checksums (or even GPG=
 signatures)."=20

This is highly subjective and I think I can demonstrate that in a real situ=
ation that the 'tampering' he says is feasible is not in fact possible to i=
mplement undetected but arguments are possible all the time.

Thanks for your input - adacrypt=20

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