Re: Some General Questions on Cryptography

steven.soroka@mts.mb.ca
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:59:21 -0500

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That's exactly what we're trying to accomplish with The Project (as we're
calling it).. That would be the
crypto chat client (that doesn't require a server) project... :-)
Some information such as code we might use and members/coders can be found
at:
http://www.mts.net/~ssoroka/project.html

Volunteers are still needed! We have about 6 so far... but no one has
volunteered for coding as far
as IP and routing and secure socket connection stuff... If you know, let it
flow!
Volunteers can send mail to CriptykHayz@bitsmart.com (My home address)..
for information.

          Thanks!

At 01:26 PM 9/28/98 +1000, Hafeez Bana wrote:

>I know the above questions dont relate to coding ..however even though I
>grasp the algorithms to implement them , i cannot grasp the concept behind
>them or their conception..rather like knowing the formula to Universal
>Law of Gravitation , but not knowing what Newtons Framework of mind was
>for coming up with such a thing.

Often things are much worse. Design principles were kept secret, like
DES or whole algorithms were kept secret, like RC4 and Skipjack.
One is forced to trust some authority (a government institution
or an expert) in such cases much like most people had to trust the high
priests in the old times. And there are things that are patented so that
one may not freely obtain the desired informations, etc.

But I think that things are beginning to change, even though yet only
very very slowly. If I understand correctly, one of the goals of
CodherPlunks and similar groups is to see to it that the common
people will some day have crypto software available that are both
good (trustworthy, secure) and free of charge and, I like to insist,
also free of export regulations!. Let's hope that this process
will accelerate.

M. K. Shen

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