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Just a bunch of pompous platitudes. As the oft-cited matasano article on JS crypto. I didn't know crypto professionals needed to be so self-aggrandizing.
by 0x18 13y ago
Just a bunch of pompous platitudes. As the oft-cited matasano article on JS crypto. I didn't know crypto professionals needed to be so self-aggrandizing.
- tptacek 13y agoHave you considered asking Bruce Schneier? Because the rebuttal to "here's a contest, show that what I'm doing is insecure" is his, not mine.
- antiterra 13y ago> As the oft-cited matasano article on JS crypto Considering that tptacek is a Matasano researcher, why wouldn't you address the specific issues you have with the article? It doesn't seem filled with platitudes, and it's not self-referential at all, much less self-aggrandizing. What is self-aggrandizing are people offering crypto snake-oil with bluster and boasts and contests instead of entering into the dialog and state of research. It's a very good thing that the establishment is skeptical and careful about this sort of thing. The weirdest part is that everyone seems to take this so personally. Sarah Flannery, a teenager at the time, took it better when her crypto algorithm was broken. Her attempt was no slouch either.