Re: NSA back doors in encryption products

[Ben Laurie]

Rick Smith wrote:
> 
> >Enzo Michelangeli noted some primality checking software:
> 
> >> CERTIFIX is an executable for Win95, Win98, NT (hardware Intel
> >> compatible).
> 
> And Ben Laurie wrote:
> 
> >'nuff said!
> 
> Of course, this increases the size of the conspiracy at Microsoft -- if you
> have anti-backdoor code, then Microsoft needs to assign people to write
> backdoor code to disable the anti-backdoor code. Is that anti-anti-backdoor
> code, or anti-backdoor-backdoor code?

Amusing though the MS/NSA speculations are, I'm more interested in the
general point: i.e. proving that primes are prime. Having a black box
that claims to do that doesn't really light my fire.

Cheers,

Ben.

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