[Clips] Your secrets are safe with quasar encryption
Justin
justin-cypherpunks at soze.net
Wed Mar 29 18:03:52 PST 2006
On 2006-03-29T17:22:07-0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:19:01 -0500
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> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com>
> Subject: [Clips] Your secrets are safe with quasar encryption
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> <http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8913&print=true>
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> The researchers believe quasars could make an ideal cryptographic tool
> because the strength and frequency of the radio pulses they emit is
> impossible to predict. "Quasar-based cryptography is based on a physical
> fact that such a space signal is random and has a very broad frequency
> spectrum," Umeno told New Scientist.
> Weblinks
I think a better source of random bits would be the brainwaves of these
idiot "researchers."
> * Quasar Encryption patent
> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20050242987&OS=20050242987&RS=20050242987
>
> * Quasar Authentication patent
> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20030145202&OS=20030145202&RS=20030145202
The USPTO is right up there with the worst TLAs in stifling progress and
legitimate activities.
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