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diff --git a/README.org b/README.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f639eb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.org @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +timelock is a timed release encryption utility that encrypts files so +that they can only be opened in the future. + +Cryptography has no notion of time. So, this is done by creating a +computationally difficult problem (known as a timelock puzzle) whose +solution is the secret key that was used to encrypt the message. + +http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~rivest/RivestShamirWagner-timelock.ps |