"Scott Guthery" <sguthery@mobile-mind.com> writes:
Suppose. Just suppose. That you figured out a factoring algorithm that was polynomial. What would you do? Would you post it immediately to cypherpunks? Well, OK, maybe you would but not everyone would. In fact some might even imagine they could turn a sou or two. And you can bet the buyer wouldn't be doing any posting. With apologies to Bon Ami, "Hasn't cracked yet" is not a compelling security story.
It's vastly better than "just designed last week by someone who has no relevant experience" -Ekr -- [Eric Rescorla ekr@rtfm.com] http://www.rtfm.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com