Re: Claimed proof of the Riemann Hypothesis released

2004-06-10 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 04:56:03PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: Actual practical impact on cryptography? Likely zero, even if it turns out the proof is correct (which of course we don't know yet), but it still is neat for math geeks. Also, the impact of such a proof is often that it

Re: Creativity and security

2006-03-23 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 08:15:50PM -, Dave Korn wrote: So what they've been doing at my local branch of Marks Spencer for the past few weeks is, at the end of the transaction after the (now always chip'n'pin-based) card reader finishes authorizing your transaction, the cashier at the

Re: Creativity and security

2006-03-24 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 06:47:07PM -, Dave Korn wrote: J. Bruce Fields wrote: If all that information's printed on the outside of the card, then isn't this battle kind of lost the moment you hand the card to them? 1- I don't hand it to them. I put it in the chip-and-pin card reader