Re: Is a cryptographic monoculture hurting us all?

From: John A. Malley (102667.2235_at_compuserve.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:32:27 GMT

John A. Malley wrote:

"Simon Johnson wrote:
[...]
>
> I propose that instead of forming a single algorithm for a standard,
> we should certify maybe five or six at time. All of the ciphers in the
> standard should all use considerably different mathematics so that
> probability of a class break is reduced.
>

I cut and pasted my post before sending it. (long story, in a nutshell I'm
having trouble posting from the free NNTP servers I'm finding. After 10 years
with CompuServe they up and kill all of their NNTP servers without notifying me
by email or snailmail...) This process deleted the quote indicators for the text
from Simon Johnson's post. My post is in response to the above quote of Mr.
Johnson.

John A. Malley
102667.2235@compuserve.com

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