From: Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: A matter of interest.
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 16:24:59 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2014-12-01T16:24:59+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m5i4or$mg0$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 216acc31-ae0f-48cd-bccb-2dd93d88791e@googlegroups.com
On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:56:09 -0800, brbarkstrom wrote:
> Fair enough. However, I think he should use the available Ada versions
> of standard encryption algorithms. Those will save his time and worries
> about security by the user community. While I have a PhD in astronomy
> and had several years of advanced math as an undergraduate, I do not
> have the mathematical qualifications to build a new encryption
> algorithm. Folks who do that kind of work need to have a very deep
> understanding of number theory and related subjects. 'Nuff said.
Generic +1
Dan Boneh at Stanford runs online cryptography courses. The biggest thing
I learned from his courses was "leave it to the experts, because well
meaning amateurs haven't a hope in hell of getting it right"
--
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-30 12:10 A matter of interest Austin Obyrne
2014-11-30 12:49 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-30 13:24 ` Austin Obyrne
2014-11-30 16:09 ` Björn Lundin
2014-11-30 17:07 ` brbarkstrom
2014-11-30 18:12 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-30 19:56 ` brbarkstrom
2014-12-01 16:24 ` Denis McMahon [this message]
2014-12-01 20:29 ` Austin Obyrne
2014-12-01 23:49 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-12-02 2:24 ` David Botton
2014-12-02 7:52 ` mrvmurray
2014-12-02 2:43 ` Austin Obyrne
2014-12-03 3:40 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-12-01 19:36 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2014-12-01 19:48 ` mrvmurray
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