> Matt Blaze wrote: > > > Once I understood the basics, I quickly discovered, or more accurately > > re-discovered, a simple and practical rights amplification (or > > privilege escalation) attack to which most master-keyed locks are > > vulnerable. > > http://www.crypto.com/masterkey.html > > Matt, is there some reason why you didn't bother asking a single locksmith > if they knew about this attack already before claiming it was 'new' in > your paper? Have you looked into the differences in actual costs of > production of the various ways of making locks more secure? Do you have > any information on how common various ways of breaking into locks are done > in practice?
Of course I did. What gave you the idea that I didn't? > > I'm not arguing that security through obscurity is a good thing, just > pointing out that your claims of the importance of your publication are > being made mostly in ignorance. > > -Bram Cohen > > "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" > -- John Maynard Keynes > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]