On Fri, 10 May 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
"Mark O. Aldrich" writes:
technology created by "Blackstar, Inc." The crypto product, called "Supercrypt," is based upon "distorted number generation."
My shock-proof bull detector is starting to beep. Its sometimes wrong, but its right more often...
Yeah, I know. Mine went off when I got the voice mail. But, I'll give 'em the benefit of the doubt (for the time being). Apparently, Blackstar is one guy and he's been working on this for a couple of years. He could be misguided or he could be the next Whitfield Diffie, who knows. Crypto breakthroughs have to come from _someone_, and they aren't always necessarily the dudes in the think tanks and universities. We'll see what shows up in the mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Liberty is truly dead |Mark Aldrich | | when the slaves are willing |GRCI INFOSEC Engineering | | to forge their own chains. |maldrich@grci.com | | STOP THE CDA NOW! |MAldrich@dockmaster.ncsc.mil | |_______________________________________________________________________| |The author is PGP Empowered. Public key at: finger maldrich@grci.com | | The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the author | | and my employer gets no credit for them whatsoever. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------