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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: 16 Mar 1996 20:20:38 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Message-ID: <4if7qm$4kh@park.uvsc.edu>
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jlnance@avanticorp.com (Jim Nance) wrote:
] In article <4hsv73$d3h@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert wrote:
]
] >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".
]
] Would you make the same claim about any secret key algorythm that
] used a fixed length key.
Yes, for any key length of less than the message length (to
except one time pads); though, as in previous postings, really
I mean "!secret" as opposed to "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.