"Scott Guthery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- [Eric Rescorla [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rtfm.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]