[extropy-chat] Encryption revolution

[Brian Lee]

Of course I too am sick and tired of people spouting off about things which 
they know nothing.

I'm moderately familiar with what crypto to use in which situation and what 
provides an acceptible level of risk. Of course nothing is impregnable (even 
one-time pads have social engineering vulnerabilities), but there are 
acceptible encryption schemes and methods that have never known to be 
compromised (like the 128 bit RC4 cipher used in many SSL implementations).

My first point was attempting to relay that as technology power increases, 
these theoretical vulnerabilities to brute force cracks will become actual, 
and whomever has the next level of encryption will be at an advantage. An 
advantage as huge as nuclear weapons were.

Since

>From: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>
>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Encryption revolution
>Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:49:55 +0100
>
>On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:11:35AM -0500, Brian Lee wrote:
>
> > I'm not trying to get into a pissing match with you, just trying to 
>ablate
> > your abrasiveness a little.
>
>I flame with a purpose. I'm sick and tired of pretend knowledge
>about a complex field. The only thing I learned about cryptography
>in all those years is that I don't know what the fuck I'm talking
>about.
>
>Misunderstandements about system security and cryptography can in
>future get your, and -- most importantly -- other people's ass
>killed. This is not a hyperbole. Bad crypto already kills people,
>just not thousands or millions. Not yet.
>
>The right frame of mind before this is humility, and readiness
>to learn. In any case: do not spread actual misinformation
>without checking back with people who know.
>
>-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a>
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