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How could someone write in the abstract of a supposedly scientific paper, “This destroys RSA cryptosystem“? Weird!
by aborsy 6y ago
How could someone write in the abstract of a supposedly scientific paper, “This destroys RSA cryptosystem“?
Weird!
- eru 6y agoIt's a pre-print. Anyone can upload those.
- iso8859-1 6y agoIt's not anyone though, it is a renowned professor called Claus Peter Schnorr. And he has claimed through other channels that it is his paper.
- anoonmoose 6y agook then reformulate that to "even renowned professors can occasionally get high on their own supply and make wild claims"
- est31 6y agoNot anyone. For untrusted people, arxiv needs someone trusted to vouch for you.
- tom_mellior 6y agoHuh? The way I remember it, registering at arXiv is the same as registering anywhere else. I certainly don't recall needing someone to vouch for me.
- est31 6y agohttps://arxiv.org/help/endorsement https://arxiv.org/help/endorsement
- tom_mellior 6y agoAh. "In most cases, automatic endorsement is given to authors from known academic institutions and research facilities." So the ancestor's "Anyone can upload those." should have been "Anyone with an academic email address can upload those."
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- eru 6y agoThanks! I didn't know that. Getting endorsement seems a relatively low bar, but it's still a bar.
- tom_mellior 6y agoFor whatever it's worth, the preprint in question was not on arXiv but on https://eprint.iacr.org/index.html https://eprint.iacr.org/index.html which looks like it's even more laid back regarding submissions.