[3337] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: ArcotSign (was Re: Does security depend on hardware?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Schneier)
Tue Sep 22 11:50:29 1998
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 04:42:30 -0500
To: Colin Plumb <colin@nyx.net>, coderpunks@toad.com, doug@arcot.com
From: Bruce Schneier <schneier@counterpane.com>
Cc: TSGman@earthlink.net, adam@homeport.org, cryptography@c2.net,
cypherpunks@algebra.com, dbs@philodox.com, rdl@MIT.EDU,
scott@loftesness.com, shamrock@cypherpunks.to
In-Reply-To: <199809220552.XAA17972@nyx10.nyx.net>
At 11:52 PM 9/21/98 -0600, Colin Plumb wrote:
>Doug, I'd just like to thank you for replying. Even without looking at your
>description, the fact that you are willing to talk to doubters and admit
>the limitations of your technique make me a lot more comfortable believing
>that you have something. You don't fit into either of the two standard
>types of snake-oil salesmen: The "I can't tell you because it's secret"
>sort, and the "it's totally unbreakable, cures world hunger and
>disposes of nuclear waste" sort.
>
>Not that people still don't wonder, but I thought I'd temper the technical
>grilling I see heating up with some appreciation for the fact that you've
>already managed a better impression than 95% of the crypto wannabes
>out there.
Hey, I don't ally myself with the clueless.
Bruce
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