Re: Notes... The case for an open client

jbass-/[email protected] Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:13:23 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.distributed-net.hardware
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Elektron <elektron_rc5-FFYn/[email protected]> writes:
> Nobody needs the source. It was probably /dev/srandom or so, anyway.

Let me put it a different way. When brute force becomes too difficult,
then attacking the implementation or key generation strategies starts
to become viable alternatives - which in this case are closed alternatives,
and potentially weak links hidden by obscurity.

John
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