Re: New patent: Auto-escrowable and auto-certifiable cryptosystemswith fast key generation

2001-06-15 Thread dmolnar
On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote: So, anyone know if this is any good? There was a paper on a similar topic in this year's ASIACRYPT from the same authors. I have *not* reviewed the patent yet to see if the claimed techniques are the same as that paper. The paper seems to work;

Re: CDR: RE: Seth Finkelstein, reluctant cypherpunk?

2001-04-03 Thread dmolnar
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Jim Choate wrote: That the populate in general will find a way to resolve the disparities and problems by simple understanding and toleration. Has anyone ever done a study - a worthwhile, entertaining, informative, cautionary study - of rhetoric employed by

Re: Phillip Morris ID database?

2001-03-31 Thread dmolnar
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, David E. Smith wrote: so they sent me a spoon) and cigarette coupons. The standard "having your name in a database" caveats apply, though PM at least seems mostly interested in verifying that you're over 21. (All the paper forms I've seen expressly tell you to blackout

Phillip Morris ID database?

2001-03-30 Thread dmolnar
I walked into the local 7-11 today. There was a scanner there and a man next to it offering a free pack of cigarettes if he could scan your drivers' license or other form of photo ID *and* you are an adult smoker. When I asked what this was all about, he told me that Phillip Morris is trying

Re: Face Recognition Technolgy Is Next - Big Brother Arrives

2001-03-29 Thread dmolnar
Well, there's always the Arab version of Islam...if you happen to be a woman, anyway. Not exactly "new." -David On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Steve Schear wrote: At 09:09 PM 3/29/01 -0600, you wrote: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/dwbb.htm There have been a few discussions on this list of

kinds of computation?

2001-03-24 Thread dmolnar
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David Honig wrote: What the world needs now is a membrane keyboard, used only for entering keys, which can be folded into a credit card and stored in your wallet. If not hung around your neck. This reminds me of something I've had in the back of my mind for a

RE: fast way to decode RSA encryption

2001-02-07 Thread dmolnar
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Phillip H. Zakas wrote: terms of clock cycles than trying to factor a number using multiplication/division (at least using the Pentium chip.) Here is a link Yes, but...trying to factor using trial division is not the best currently known method of factoring. In order to