Re: Any truth to rumor that NSA had Public Key Crypto first?

From: Douglas A. Gwyn (DAGwyn_at_null.net)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 06:02:00 -0400

Bryan Olson wrote:
> advisor, Alan T. Sherman, quoted an NSA insider as saying,
> "there are theorems known within the NSA that are not known at
> universities, and vice versa".

Moreover, there are ways to apply "known" theorems
to practical cryptologic applications that have not
generally been appreciated by the "open" community.

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