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Re: Maybe It's Snake Oil All the Way Down
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Rescorla)
Sun Jun 1 20:47:09 2003
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To: "Scott Guthery" <sguthery@mobile-mind.com>
Cc: "Rich Salz" <rsalz@datapower.com>,
"cypherpunks" <cypherpunks@lne.com>, <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Reply-To: EKR <ekr@rtfm.com>
From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: 01 Jun 2003 16:33:10 -0700
In-Reply-To: <A4628A7C27BF0D48847FD4AB8536731D1D0B5E@blinky.mobile-mind.com>
"Scott Guthery" <sguthery@mobile-mind.com> writes:
> Suppose. Just suppose. That you figured out a factoring
> algorithm that was polynomial. What would you do? Would
> you post it immediately to cypherpunks? Well, OK, maybe
> you would but not everyone would. In fact some might
> even imagine they could turn a sou or two. And you can
> bet the buyer wouldn't be doing any posting. With apologies
> to Bon Ami, "Hasn't cracked yet" is not a compelling security
> story.
It's vastly better than "just designed last week by someone
who has no relevant experience"
-Ekr
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[Eric Rescorla ekr@rtfm.com]
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