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I hear you. Agreed. Surely every decent crypto system started off home-grown?

• wmf 13y ago
  Sure, in the old days someone had to be the first to invent stuff. But today when we already have well-reviewed protocols you shouldn't deploy something until after it has survived review.
• nwh 13y ago
  There's a line with this sort of stuff, and the crossing of it is what I have an issue with. If they presented it as an attempt and asked for critique, then this would have been a fine thing to publish. They would have got chewed out by a professional, fixed it or removed it, and everyone would go away learning something new. The issues comes when they don't accept critique, and make claims that don't stack up in actuality. Doing that is how people get hurt.
  • smacktoward 13y ago
    Exactly. Being wrong is fine. Being stubbornly wrong is not.