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David Jones (djones@insight.cas.mcmaster.ca)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:56:55 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Schneier wrote:
>
> TOKYO, JAPAN, 1998 SEP 28 (NB) -- By Adam Creed, Newsbytes.
> Casio Computer Co. [TOKYO:6952] has issued a 1 million yen
> ($7393) challenge to the Internet and scientific communities, to
> break a cryptographic code developed by the company to secure
> electronic communications.
>
> Casio has developed an encryption system that proposes to secure
> confidential information sent across the Internet. To test its
> robustness and to demonstrate its efficiency the company will offer
> a prize of 1 million yen ($7,400) to anyone who can decrypt a message
> posted on the Casio Web site.
I like how the US/Japan currency exchange rate is so volatile
that the value of 1 million yen changed in the time it took
to write the first and second paragraphs!!
-- David
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