Footnotes

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At least this is true for POSIX threads, as pthread_create is a function that synchronizes memory with respects to other threads. There are many functions which have this property, a complete list can be found in POSIX, IEEE Std 1003.1-2003, Base Definitions, Issue 6, in the definition of the term “Memory Synchronization”. For other thread packages, more relaxed or more strict rules may apply.

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A version control system available for many platforms

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See http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.en.html for details.

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Chae Hoon Lim and Pil Joong Lee. A key recovery attack on discrete log-based shemes using a prime order subgroup. In Burton S. Kaliski Jr., editor, Advances in Cryptology: Crypto '97, pages 249­-263, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York, 1997. Springer-Verlag. Described on page 260.

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Also described in chapter 6 of his book "Cryptographic Security Architecture", New York, 2004, ISBN 0-387-95387-6.