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That's basically how I saw them trying to paint Diffie in this trial: by pointing out that he hadn't graduated from university, that he wasn't a professor, that
by codeka 13y ago
That's basically how I saw them trying to paint Diffie in this trial: by pointing out that he hadn't graduated from university, that he wasn't a professor, that he didn't even invent PKC!
It seems they managed to convince the jury at least.
- danielweber 13y agoIf he claimed to invent PKC and the other side points out he hadn't, his credibility goes down the toilet. I saw lots of love for Diffie's "I invented it" line. But if he overplayed his hand, he ended up hurting his side more than he helped it.
- gknoy 13y agoWhen there are museums that consider you to have invented it, and you DID invent it (just perhaps were not the first, though that was not known at the time), it seems fair to say that you did. After all, we consider that both Newton and Leibnitz invented calculus.
- danielweber 13y agoThen he should have said that. "I am often called the inventor of public key cryptography.[1]" But it would not have been as cool to quote on web forums. [1] I don't know if that's heresy or whatever; Egghead's legal team, however, would know and could coach him appropriately.