On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Peter Gutmann wrote:
| Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:08:18 +1200
| From: Peter Gutmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Cc: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: Re: Strength in Complexity?
|
| "Perry E. Metzger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|
| >No. In fact, it is about as far from the truth as I've ever seen.
| >No real expert would choose to deliberately make a protocol more
| >complicated.
|
| IPsec. Anything to do with PKI. XMLdsig. Gimme a few minutes and
| I can provide a list as long as your arm. Protocol designers *love*
| complexity. The more complex and awkward they can make a protocol,
| the better it has to be.
The cynical among us might rephrase that as: "The more complex and
awkward they can make a protocol, the better it will be at generating
future consulting work." :-(
(I don't think that applies to your list, where the root causes have
more to do with design-by-committee and the consequent need to make
everyone happy.)
-- Jerry
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