On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 01:17:49PM -0600, James Longstreet wrote: >Rudimentary Treatise on the Construction of Locks, Charles Tomlinson, >1853. > >http://www.deter.com/unix/papers/treatise_locks.html > >My favorite line is as follows: >"Rogues are very keen in their profession, and already know much more than >we can teach them respecting their several kinds of roguery."
Thanks! Not the exact presentation I was looking for but this is the author I was tracking down. In the course of search I found these interesting links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27_law Auguste Kerckhoffs In cryptography, Kerckhoffs' law (also called Kerckhoffs' assumption, axiom or principle) was stated by Auguste Kerckhoffs in the 19th century: a cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge. http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/crypto/mi0611.htm The Ideal Cipher http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/crypto/jscrypt.htm A Cryptographic Compendium http://petitcolas.net/fabien/kerckhoffs/#english http://petitcolas.net/fabien/kerckhoffs/la_cryptographie_militaire_i.htm JOURNAL DES SCIENCES MILITAIRES. Janvier 1883. LA CRYPTOGRAPHIE MILITAIRE. � La cryptographie est un auxiliaire puissant de la tactique militaire. � (G�n�ral Lewal, �tudes de guerre.) // George -- George Georgalis, systems architect, administrator Linux BSD IXOYE http://galis.org/george/ cell:646-331-2027 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
