Re: [cryptography] [Cryptography] Boing Boing pushing an RSA Conference boycott

2014-01-16 Thread arne renkema-padmos
On 16/01/14 11:34, coderman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:38 PM, arne renkema-padmos > wrote: >> ... Also, I >> would like to have doctors fixing things like intestinal ruptures, not >> some kid with their parent's sewing kit :P > > > i think you misunderstand some of my intent: > > to be

Re: [cryptography] [Cryptography] Boing Boing pushing an RSA Conference boycott

2014-01-16 Thread John Young
Punishing RSA is work for bloodthirsty media and its fans. Public crypto needs much better to offer the public than entertaining evanescent revenge. 3DES is intriguing. Publicizing a list of other well-tested ciphersystems would be constructive alternatives to "nothing can be done, authority alwa

Re: [cryptography] [Ach] Better Crypto

2014-01-16 Thread L. Aaron Kaplan
Hi Peter, hi list, On Jan 16, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Peter Gutmann wrote: > "L. Aaron Kaplan" writes: > >> So, Peter, how about this approach? > > Sorry about the delayed reply, too much other stuff on my plate at the > moment... > >> 1. We will have three config options: cipher String A,B,C (

Re: [cryptography] pie in sky suites - long lived public key pairs for persistent identity

2014-01-16 Thread coderman
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:42 AM, coderman wrote: > use case is long term (decade+) identity ... key signs > working keys tuned for speed with limited secret > life span (month+). i should have better clarified intent: - long term keys are offline, otherwise better protected (for arbitrary deg

Re: [cryptography] [Ach] Better Crypto

2014-01-16 Thread Peter Gutmann
"L. Aaron Kaplan" writes: >So, Peter, how about this approach? Sorry about the delayed reply, too much other stuff on my plate at the moment... >1. We will have three config options: cipher String A,B,C ( generic safe >config, maximum interoperability (== this also makes the mozilla people happ

Re: [cryptography] [Cryptography] Boing Boing pushing an RSA Conference boycott

2014-01-16 Thread coderman
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:38 PM, arne renkema-padmos wrote: > ... Also, I > would like to have doctors fixing things like intestinal ruptures, not > some kid with their parent's sewing kit :P i think you misunderstand some of my intent: to be a competent developer, you must be expert in myriad