's_*encryption*_*asymmetric encryption*_g' ..given that we've got plenty of options for quantum-resistant *symmetric* crypto, and several painful-but-sound options for quantum-resistant signature schemes; Merkle-Lamport, for example.
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 00:10:29 +0000 Cathal Garvey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Haven't we made the mistake of relying on someone else's IP for > > crypto before? I'm looking at you, RSA and IDEA. I have no interest > > in a cryptosystem that's owned by someone and that requires me to > > release my own software under a particular license to use it. I > > don't care how technologically superior it might be. > > The GPL doesn't require you to release a cryptosystem under the GPL, > only code for that cryptosystem that derives from GPL'd code. The GPL > in effect is a tragedy-of-the-commons-killomatic: It's an agreement > between me and you saying "I give you my code, if you give it to > others". There's nothing in there about "I offer you my code, and hit > you if you try to write your own instead". > > Given that, I have very little time for GPL-haters, because they're > just being whiny bastards. Write your own if you don't like it. > > Patents, on the other hand, are a whole different steaming pile of > shit, and NTRU is patented. So, I'm still with you on this one. If > they're somewhere where you can relinquish patents, they should do > that. If not, they should either grant the patents wholly to a public > trust, or put them under the DPL or similar and make an irrevocable > pledge never to use them except defensively, if even that. > > Of course, who's to know if you implement or build on NTRU under a > 'nym? It remains one of the only cryptosystems that's A) Practical and > B) Quantum-resistant. > > Anyone know of any other quantum-resistant algos for *encryption* that > can actually be used today, other than NTRU? > > On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:47:02 -0800 > Sean Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 27 2013, coderman wrote: > > > > > https://github.com/NTRUOpenSourceProject/ntru-crypto > > > > > """ > > > Security Innovation, Inc., the owner of the NTRU public key > > > cryptography system, made the intellectual property and a sample > > > implementation available under the Gnu Public License (GPL) in > > > 2013 with the goal of enabling more widespread adoption of this > > > superior cryptographic technology. The system is also available > > > for commercial use under the terms of the Security Innovation > > > Commercial License. > > > > Haven't we made the mistake of relying on someone else's IP for > > crypto before? I'm looking at you, RSA and IDEA. I have no interest > > in a cryptosystem that's owned by someone and that requires me to > > release my own software under a particular license to use it. I > > don't care how technologically superior it might be. > > >
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