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carry propagation bugs are well-studied True. But they tend to be well-studied by computer security people, not by mathematicians; and most computer security
by cperciva 11y ago
carry propagation bugs are well-studied
True. But they tend to be well-studied by computer security people, not by mathematicians; and most computer security people won't have the necessary number theory / group theory background.
This is precisely the class of bugs for which proper assessment requires mathematicians who study computer security... aka. NSA employees.
- Ar-Curunir 11y agoYou'll be surprised by the background of many computer security people. It's a varied field consisting of people with all kinds of backgrounds.
- jagger27 11y agoAnecdote: a computer security professor at my university has deep roots in biology. Everything he touches has traces of evolution and homeostasis.
- cperciva 11y agoMy background is mathematics too. But I'm not a mathematician, and I wouldn't trust myself to know enough mathematics to figure out how something like this could be exploited.