during real wars.
Note that by current standards, Alan Turing could not get a US security
clearance.
LRK
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On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 04:57:39PM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
At 10:19 PM 9/15/2004, Ed Gerck wrote:
Yes, PKC provides a workable solution for key distribution... when you
look at servers. For email, the PKC solution is not workable (hasn't been)
and gives a false impression of security. For
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 03:17:15PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
lrk wrote:
My examination of RSAREF and OpenSSL code was more toward understanding how
they handled big numbers. It appears both generate prime numbers which are
half the length of the required N and with both of the two most
doesn't guarantee that
anyone will do so, especially anyone who's at all good at it.
Incidentally, none of the issues that lrk brought up (RSA key being
made from an easy to factor composite, a symmetric key that is a weak
key, etc.) are unique to PGP.
Yep. And I know that. But as my hair
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 03:34:35PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
... it does look very much from the outside that there is an
informal Cryptographers Guild in place...
The Guild, such as it is, is a meritocracy; many previously unknown
people have joined it since I started watching it in
