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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to
Date: 9 Mar 1996 22:03:15 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) wrote:
]
] In article <4h7rdd$qeu@park.uvsc.edu>,
] Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote:
] > Public key cryptography (RSA, et. al.) is the ultimate in
] > security through obscurity.
]
] Not at all.
]
] PK Crypto relies on _secrecy_ of the key (and its size of course, you can't
] rely on 384 bits PGP keys for example), not on the algorithm itself or
] something else you may try to hide.
So you are arguing that the product of two prime numbers
renders the prime numbers themselves "secret".
I claim that since the search space is known, they are "obscure".
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.