I submitted this paper before, but it did not get any eyeballs; I am submitting it again because I am genuinely amused by that classic debate between Koblitz an

I submitted this paper before, but it did not get any eyeballs; I am submitting it again because I am genuinely amused by that classic debate between Koblitz and the applied cryptographers. Personally, I think both sides have their merits, but Koblitz tends to overstate his case by far. The paper is a really good (and fun) read, though.