Re: $1000 reward

From: Simon Johnson (ckwop_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 14:09:53 +0000 (UTC)

cascade wrote:
> We are offering a $1000 reward to the first person who can break our
> latest version of Semiramis.
>
> White paper:
> http://www.casres.com/WhitePaper_2.html
>
> How to get $1000:
>
> http://www.casres.com/
> click on "DOWNLOAD NOW!"
> click on "BUY IT" next to "free ... 95/98/NT" under "Evaluation kit"
> click on "ACCEPT LICENSE AGREEMENT"
> click on "PLACE SECURE ORDER"
> select your country
> click "SUBMIT"
> fill the form (content unimportant)
> click "SUBMIT"
> click on "Download with HTTP"
> click on "BEGIN HTTP DOWNLOAD"
> select "Save this program on disk"
> click "OK"
> browse to a directory
> click "OK"
> wait for file to download
> click "OK" in the "download complete" window
> cd to the directory you have selected
> double-click on semizip.exe
> read further details in .\semitest\execable\readme.rtf
> break the cipher
> claim your prize
>
> Using this algorithm Scott Fluhrer, Greg Rose and Leslie 'Mack'
> McBride made $500 each and so can you!
>
> Tom St Denis need not reply.
>
> CascadeResearch

Hmmm $1000 isn't much money..

I mean, AES secures billions of pounds worth of cash transactions per day..

It might be more worth to the cryptanalyst to bust into your system but
sit on it until you believe it can't be broken by any professionals.

Then when you field the design they bust into your clients information
and sell it to the highest bidder!

Of course, you go out of business for selling "security" when no such
thing ever really existed.

Your a bit silly for even thinking you can sell your product. AES is
free and AES is faster than almost all communications channels you'd
want to send data down. Even if they did need your enhanced speed
they're sure as hell not going to use a patented algorithm. And you
believe people are going to accept your design which is arrived at by
what amounts to a trial and error approach.

Simon.

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