Re: The Cost of Snakeoil

Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de)
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:08:54 +0100

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Paulo Barreto wrote:

> Adam Shostack added:
>
> >somewhat complex. With all that complexity, its surprising that there
> >are so many variants that can be broken (and broken so quickly).
>
> Could this be a signal that public cryptanalysis knowledge is approaching
> (or might have even exceeded) NSA's capabilities (not counting computing
> power)?

In order to avoid such from happening, some governments have been
attempting to render dissemination of scientific knowledge in
cryptology difficult, like prosecuting people publishing on the
internet or persuading editors of journals to let them screen
submitted manuscripts or what not.

M. K. Shen

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