From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KC9nk-00020g-9q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:59:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36546E0510; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:59:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E63E0510 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:59:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zaphod.digimed.co.uk (zaphod.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 559CB392BD7 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:59:24 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:59:24 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] h Message-ID: <20080627095924.340cc886@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200806271051.57849.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <4861AB64.9000709@comcast.net> <20080626224734.GA30511@marvin.heimnetz.local> <48643425.10206@badapple.net> <200806271051.57849.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0cvs113 (GTK+ 2.12.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/gdddej64INAJ_eXLj4d1N9="; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: bc53950c-05c2-46ea-bc8c-ac5f8925c551 X-Archives-Hash: 620df22f57266ec7d6b39dfb01f08770 --Sig_/gdddej64INAJ_eXLj4d1N9= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:51:57 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Neil=20 > mentioned GCHQ developing public key several years before RSA, but do=20 > note that RSA still had the same bright idea that GCHQ had, only a few=20 > 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". --=20 Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 2: Exact estimate --Sig_/gdddej64INAJ_eXLj4d1N9= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhkq+wACgkQum4al0N1GQPjIQCbBbjJXIRtmLSqoUHusrnk0OFD QJEAn0sdxaO2clrwsw/OCPzWahWSGQRs =rYGy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/gdddej64INAJ_eXLj4d1N9=-- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list