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Re: ArcotSign (was Re: Does security depend on hardware?)
- To: Ben Laurie <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: ArcotSign (was Re: Does security depend on hardware?)
- From: Bruce Schneier <[email protected]>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:48:17 -0500
- Cc: Colin Plumb <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Posted-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:51:41 -0500 (CDT)
- References: <[email protected]><[email protected]>
- Sender: [email protected]
At 12:57 PM 9/22/98 +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
I hope you manage to persaude them then, because, as we all know, if it
>is kept secret, then even B. Schneier saying it is great will not rescue
>them from the snake-oil branding.
I'm working on it. I think I will be successful. They know that they have to
make their sytem public if people are going to use it. At this point, keeping
things under wraps give them a competitive edge. There will be a point where
they have to make all the details public.
Bruce
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