Re: $1000 reward

From: cascade (cascares_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: 4 May 2004 21:58:53 -0700

Simon Johnson <ckwop@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<c75jrh$a2f$1@hercules.btinternet.com>...
> 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.

Every encryption design is arrived at by trial and error.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: $1000 reward
    ... cascade wrote: ... AES secures billions of pounds worth of cash transactions per day.. ... Then when you field the design they bust into your clients information ... Your a bit silly for even thinking you can sell your product. ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Re: New Encryption Idea
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  • Re: Cascade update not working
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