[10720] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Schneier on Bernstein factoring machine
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John W Noerenberg II)
Sat Apr 20 13:46:19 2002
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:05:12 -0700
To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
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At 9:08 AM -0400 4/17/02, Russell Nelson wrote:
>The union of the two sets of "cryptography users" and "paranoid
>people" is necessarily non-empty. Who would bother to use
>cryptography sans a threat model? And if you've got a non-empty
>threat model, then by definition you're paranoid.
Nah. Paranoia is an unreasonable fear of persecution or distrust of
others. There are threat models which justify the use of
cryptography that are entirely reasonable. For example, using TLS to
encrypt a session with your bank is a reasonable precaution against
someone snooping your finances.
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