All trust is economics

Neil Johnson njohnsn at njohnsn.com
Sat Apr 26 22:29:09 PDT 2003


On Saturday 26 April 2003 10:54 pm, Eric Cordian wrote:
>
> Yes, I believe Joe Sixpack saying that he promises to keep my key safe to
> be on the same footing as Joe Sixdiploma saying that because he can't
> figure out how to factor 309 digit numbers quickly, it must not be
> possible.
>

There are a lot more Joe Sixdiploma's that have tried figuring out how to 
factor 309 digit numbers and failed than Joe Sixpacks that have successfully 
kept their promise to keep a secret.

> All RSA is faith-based crypto.

Like I said, I have more faith in the math than human nature.

-- 
Neil Johnson
http://www.njohnsn.com
PGP key available on request.





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