[Asrg] Email Postage (was Re: FeedBack loops)

[Barry Shein]

On November 16, 2008 at 22:59 asrg at johnlevine.com (John Levine) wrote:
 > >> Yes, I'm quite certain.  I don't *need* to know the details of how such
 > >> a system might work in order to recognize that the current security
 > >> situation will allow it to be undercut the moment abusers decide
 > >> it's worth their time and trouble.
 > 
 > >So anything as hardened as web SSL certs is probably a
 > >counter-example, no?
 > 
 > No, not really.  The reasons why it's not a useful analogy should
 > be obvious.


Well, it beats me how one does a high-confidence security analysis of
an algorithm which doesn't even exist so I'm all ears and apologies if
it's just so gosh-darned obvious. A link to a paper or similar would
be more than sufficient for me anyhow, no need to spell it out here.

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        -Barry Shein

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