RE: Crypto and Economics

2000-04-13 Thread Trei, Peter
? Scratching my head Peter > -- > From: Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 2:18 PM > To: Trei, Peter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Crypto and Economics > > At 11:16 AM -0400 4/13/00, Trei, Peter wrot

RE: Crypto and Economics

2000-04-13 Thread Tim May
At 11:16 AM -0400 4/13/00, Trei, Peter wrote: > >I think the demonstrations of brute force attack on weak crypto is another >item on the (short) list of "cypherpunks" achievements. This is an uncalled-for criticism of the "cypherpunks." --Tim May -- -:-:-:-:--

RE: Crypto and Economics

2000-04-13 Thread Trei, Peter
> -- > From: Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: Tim May > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 3:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Crypto and Economics > > At 11:33 PM -0700 4/12/00, Tim May wrote: > > I should hav

Re: Crypto and Economics

2000-04-13 Thread Tim May
At 11:33 PM -0700 4/12/00, Tim May wrote: I should have added another important link between crypto and economics: the awarding of prizes for breaking ciphers. Sometimes the prize is intangible, sometimes it's fame, sometimes it's $1000, sometimes it's much more. Even snake