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Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
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- Subject: Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
- From: [email protected] (John Anonymous MacDonald)
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 01:04:10 -0800
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At 6:56 PM 11/23/1996, The Deviant wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, John Anonymous MacDonald wrote:
>> The good news is that you can prove a negative. For example, it has
>> been proven that there is no algorithm which can tell in all cases
>> whether an algorithm will stop.
>
>No, he was right. They can't prove that their system is unbreakable.
>They _might_ be able to prove that their system hasn't been broken, and
>they _might_ be able to prove that it is _unlikely_ that it will be, but
>they *CAN NOT* prove that it is unbreakable. This is the nature of
>cryptosystems.
Please prove your assertion.
If you can't prove this, and you can't find anybody else who has, why
should we believe it?
>> diGriz
>
>Use an anon. remailer and sign your posts. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Oops!
diGriz