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. Just like our GCHQ came up with
public key cryptography several years before Rivest, Shamir and Adleman
published RSA but kept it secret for over 30 years.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

If I save time, when do I get it back?