Re: Crypto Craft Knowledge

2009-02-24 Thread Cat Okita
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, James Hughes wrote: I find this conversation off the point. Consider other trades like woodworking. There is no FAQ that can be created that would be applicable to building a picture frame, dining room table or a covered bridge. A FAQ for creating a picture frame would be

Re: Crypto Craft Knowledge

2009-02-24 Thread Cat Okita
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, Peter Gutmann wrote: This points out an awkward problem though, that if you're a commercial vendor and you have a customer who wants to do something stupid, you can't afford not to allow this. While my usual response to requests to do things insecurely is If you want to

Re: once more, with feeling.

2008-09-09 Thread Cat Okita
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008, Adam Shostack wrote: What makes now the perfect time to address an issue which has been present for quite soem time? I'd turn that question around, and ask what makes now such a bad time to address an issue that's been present (and not addressed) for quite some time... ?

Re: Strength in Complexity?

2008-08-04 Thread Cat Okita
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, Arshad Noor wrote: A more optimistic way of putting this, Ben, is to state that EKMI allows domain-experts of underlying components to address the complex issues of their domain in ways that they deem best, while providing value on top of those components. I see no reason to