From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] h
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:59:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080627095924.340cc886@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200806271051.57849.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:51:57 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Neil
> mentioned GCHQ developing public key several years before RSA, but do
> note that RSA still had the same bright idea that GCHQ had, only a few
> short years later.
The important point was that they kept quiet about it. Even after RSA
entered the public domain, they let everyone think it was news to them.
Mind you, the UK government kept quiet about breaking Enigma after WWII
was over, so they could sell these "secure" systems to their Commonwealth
"friends".
--
Neil Bothwick
Top Oxymorons Number 2: Exact estimate
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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
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 [this message]
2008-06-27 13:21 ` Sebastian Wiesner
2008-06-27 8:42 ` Alan McKinnon
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