Re: Wikipedia "Cryptography" reaches Featured Article status

Mike Amling wrote:
... The NSA denied involvement with the
letter, and a spokesman claimed that J. A. Meyer had written it as a
private citizen. Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman decided to present their
results at the conference and to resume mailing of their paper."

Right, I alluded to this (without remembering the details) in a
previous posting. I was unaware that it had affected mailings,
but that is plausible.

... An answer came back quickly from the MIT administration 'don't
send out those papers until this mess is resolved.'

Now that is easy to believe!
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