I would just like to say that it makes me very happy to see even modestly technical discussions about cryptology make it so high up on HN. Lately it has seemed

I would just like to say that it makes me very happy to see even modestly technical discussions about cryptology make it so high up on HN. Lately it has seemed like all the highly ranked articles have been about the PEOPLE or COMPANIES doing crypto, and not about the cryptology itself. Crypto is interesting not because people are doing it, breaking it, and improving it every day. Crypto is interesting because of HOW people are breaking it and improving it.