Thank you Sir! This is exactly the information that I was looking for. If you have more, please do share. I can certainly use that my innovation vs. improvement presentation next week.
I find it interested that you categorized ECC as process improvement rather then invention. Can you please elaborate on why that is the case? Thanks again. On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Robert Jueneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Invention: The field of public key cryptography, by Diffie, Hellman, & > Merkel, with subsequent refinements by Rivest, Shamir, Adleman, El > Gamal, Koblitz, and Miller, to name but a few. > > Innovation: The development of X.509 PKI, and its incorporation within > Internet servers and browsers to facilitate global electronic commerce > via the web. > > Process improvement: The replacement of RSA-based public key technology > with the stronger and more efficient elliptic curve cryptography. > > Bob > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:09:41 -0700 > From: "Ali, Saqib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [FDE] Invention vs. Innovation vs, Process Improvement > To: fde <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello All, > > I am looking for some examples of the following in the security field: > 1) Invention; > 2) Innovation; and > 3) Process Improvement. > > Can you please provide examples Security related technologies that > fall into each of these categories. > > Note: That I am using the strict definition of Innovation, which is: > "Innovation occurs when someone uses an invention - or uses existing > tools in a new way - to change how the world works, how people > organize themselves, and how they conduct their lives. Innovation is > distinct from improvement in that it causes society to reorganize. > Innovation is taking an invention and finding new uses for it." > Wikipedia. > > Please make sure when you provide examples of innovation it conforms > to the above definition. _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
