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Re: [Cryptography] Opening Discussion: Speculation on "BULLRUN"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Callas)
Fri Sep 6 20:47:38 2013
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From: Jon Callas <jon@callas.org>
In-Reply-To: <82D42056-7B45-40D5-BCE7-1A489A3A048D@lrw.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 17:21:18 -0700
To: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com>
Cc: "cryptography@metzdowd.com List" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>,
Jon Callas <jon@callas.org>, Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
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On Sep 6, 2013, at 4:42 AM, Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com> wrote:
> Argh! And this is why I dislike using "symmetric" and "asymmetric" to describe cryptosystems: In English, the distinction is way too brittle. Just a one-letter difference - and in including or not the letter physically right next to the "s".
>
This is why I try to say "public key" and "symmetric key" whenever possible.
Jon
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