From: Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] h
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:44:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <126A75F7-FD97-4E34-88EA-BBBE7ABBBA69@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080627003725.158f8f25@zaphod.digimed.co.uk>
On 27 Jun 2008, at 00:37, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:47:34 +0200, Sebastian Günther wrote:
>
>> If the NSA had a sufficient algorithm, that is capable of
>> reducing the time that much, they should also be able to prove P=NP.
>> This is worth 1.000.000$ iirc and somehow you should get a Nobel
>> Prize
>> for it.
>
> I'm sure the NSA would be happy to forego the prize and keep quiet
> about
> being able to break a secure cipher.
I can't help wondering if - since P=NP is such a big problem - the
advantages of having this knowledge in the public domain might
override the advantages of mere spying.
Stroller.
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Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-25 2:20 [gentoo-user] loop-aes + extra-ciphers Chris Walters
2008-06-25 5:43 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-06-25 13:20 ` Daniel Iliev
2008-06-25 15:14 ` Chris Walters
2008-06-25 18:51 ` Sebastian Wiesner
2008-06-25 20:25 ` Chris Walters
2008-06-25 21:24 ` Sebastian Wiesner
2008-06-25 21:53 ` Jason Rivard
2008-06-25 22:10 ` Sebastian Wiesner
2008-06-26 2:22 ` [gentoo-user] My last words on cryptology and cryptography Chris Walters
2008-06-26 8:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-06-26 18:35 ` kashani
2008-06-26 21:52 ` Steven Lembark
2008-06-27 0:06 ` kashani
2008-06-27 13:04 ` Sebastian Wiesner
2008-06-26 20:14 ` Sebastian Wiesner
2008-06-26 20:39 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-06-26 22:10 ` [gentoo-user] h Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-06-26 22:47 ` Sebastian Günther
2008-06-26 23:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-06-27 9:44 ` Stroller [this message]
2008-06-27 10:08 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-06-27 13:48 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-06-27 22:00 ` Chris Walters
2008-06-27 20:26 ` Daniel Iliev
2008-06-27 0:16 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-06-27 0:28 ` kashani
2008-06-27 8:51 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-06-27 8:59 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-06-27 13:21 ` Sebastian Wiesner
2008-06-27 8:42 ` Alan McKinnon
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