PKI: Only Mostly Dead
Derek Atkins
derek at ihtfp.com
Sat Jun 8 20:18:56 PDT 2002
pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) writes:
> For example the value
> 1234567890 taken in isolation could be anything from my ICQ number
> to my shoe size in kilo-angstroms, but if you view it as the pair {
> <ICQ domain>, <locally unique number> } then it makes sense
> (disclaimer: I have no idea whether that's either a valid ICQ number
> or my shoe size in kilo-angstroms).
It's clearly not your shoe size in kilo-angstroms, unless you have
MIGHTY large feet. According to 'units', that works out to 4860
inches.
-derek
--
Derek Atkins
Computer and Internet Security Consultant
derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
More information about the Testlist
mailing list