Re: NSA and Netscape Crack

[Brian Davis <bdavis@dg.thepoint.net>]

On Tue, 19 Sep 1995, Timothy C. May wrote:
> 
> By the way, if we count our own Matt Blaze's work on exposing weaknesses of
> the Tessera/Skipjack/Clipper (they blur together) card as a "Cypherpunks
> achievement," then the Cypherpunks have actually played a dominant role in
> cracking these recent standards. (Not to mention the RC4 code postings, the
> various Cypherpunks involved in the RSA-129 and "BlackNet" factorizations,
> etc.)
> 
> Well done, of course!
>

Absolutely.  And why not enter the PR fray by publicizing those 
successes?  Press release/identify persons for followups/etc.  (All with 
permission/participation of those who did it).  

Certainly, Cypherpunks has gotten press lately, and what I've seen has 
been good press.  Capitalize on it.

Finally, I've got to say that, as someone new to the concepts discussed 
here, I found it extremely cool to read about the latest break here and 
then see it in the news a day or two later.

EBD


 
> --Tim May
> 
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> Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
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> 
> 
> 

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