I often say, "Rub a pair of cryptographers together, and you'll get three opinions. Ask three, you'll get six opinions." :-)
However, he's talking about security, which often isn't quantifiable! And don't get me ranting about "provable" security.... Had a small disagreement with somebody at Google the other week, as he complained that variable moduli ruined the security proof (attempts) for SSH. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]