Lucky Green writes:
At 07:50 AM 8/29/97 -0600, Myron Lewis wrote:
Myron Lewis wrote:
I know that the claims we make for the ASK ToolKit(TM) sound a little too good to be true. In fact, someone I have been talking to for a while about other subjects and who I thought respected my views told me that "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is-- too good to be true. "
I forgot to mention...it can also be used to break PGP encryption.
When making such strong claims, it would behoove the author to provide an example.
Check the headers. The one you're replying to was a forgery.
Until such time, the ASK toolkit will be justly regarded as snakeoil.
From the description, it sounds like a fancy API for a PRNG. Not snakeoil, but not all that useful either.
-- Eric Murray Chief Security Scientist N*Able Technologies www.nabletech.com (email: ericm at lne.com or nabletech.com) PGP keyid:E03F65E5