Clearly, more people need to know about "Gutmann Soundwave Therapy".
Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] but nowadays I ask that they Google the famous Gutmann Sound > Wave Therapy[0] and mail me afterwards. > > I've never heard back. > > [0] Last paragraph, http://diswww.mit.edu/bloom-picayune/crypto/14238 As it turns out, the central image of Peter's post was popularized earlier*. However, Peter clearly said this first in a security context, and I hope that the term "Gutmann Soundwave Therapy" spreads widely within our field as a way of ridiculing the desire to invent your own crypto algorithms and protocols. When it gets to the point where salesmen are vaguely aware of the phrase and fear it, we will know we have done our job successfully. Perry [* see http://jwz.livejournal.com/123070.html#t521918 for its use in a different context. (Hat tip to Ekr and indirectly to Need to Know: http://www.ntk.net/2004/01/09/ )] -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
