Re: ArcotSign (was Re: Does security depend on hardware?)

[Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>]

Colin Plumb wrote:
> 
> Doug, I'd just like to thank you for replying.  Even without looking at your
> description, the fact that you are willing to talk to doubters and admit
> the limitations of your technique make me a lot more comfortable believing
> that you have something.  You don't fit into either of the two standard
> types of snake-oil salesmen: The "I can't tell you because it's secret"
> sort, and the "it's totally unbreakable, cures world hunger and
> disposes of nuclear waste" sort.

Clearly I failed to understand this, then:

"This note doesn't tell everything about our method--we *are* developing
a commercial product, after all..."

which somehow doesn't translate to "I can't tell you because it's
secret", it seems.

Cheers,

Ben.

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