an116512@anon.penet.fi writes:
I just brought these files down + a few others in the same directory that he didnt tell us about (you can see them with netscape by leaving off the last part. Check out MKCS.PS and others. They take a while to see because you need a postscript viewer but if you can read them they are enlightening abot this guys character. It looks like AT&T is in the key escrow biz, folks!!! Maybe someone should scan them in and post them to the list, so we know what the enemy is doing.
The MKCS.PS file is about how to make a code for other people to use so that you can break. And then they say dont worry the government would never do this!!! Riiiiggggght.
God, your are an imbecile. You couldn't even be bothered to read the document you are yelling about, could you. The MKCS abstract explains the result that Blaze et al arrived at which shows that generalized systems with back doors in them are roughly equivalent to public key systems -- that is, any generalized Master Key Cryptosystem can be used as a public key system. Thus, although it is possible that there are faster techniques available, it would appear that to to design a cipher with a back door, we would have to use techniques that are currently thought to be slow. A lot of the point was that ciphers like DES are unlikely to have "master key" style back doors. This result is about the opposite of what you trumpet. They come up with some other interesting results about master keyed systems. None of them are "AT&T is in the key escrow biz" revelations. Might I suggest that in the future you have someone jackhammer your head out of the concrete block it is encased in before you make pronouncements? Perry