Mystery on Fifth Avenue

2008-06-13 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
Off-topic, but (a) some crypto stuff, and (b) I think this group will appreciate it: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/garden/12puzzle.html --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb - The Cryptography

Re: Why doesn't Sun release the crypto module of the OpenSPARC?

2008-06-13 Thread zooko
On Jun 12, 2008, at 4:35 PM, David G. Koontz wrote: There's the aspect of competition. I've also wondered if a reason they didn't release it is because they bought the 'IP' from someone. Those are good guesses, David, and I guessed similar things myself and inquired of various Sun

Re: Why doesn't Sun release the crypto module of the OpenSPARC?

2008-06-13 Thread David G. Koontz
zooko wrote: On Jun 12, 2008, at 4:35 PM, David G. Koontz wrote: There's the aspect of competition. I've also wondered if a reason they didn't release it is because they bought the 'IP' from someone. Those are good guesses, David, and I guessed similar things myself and inquired of