ECC

[cdr]

Mark Kirchner wrote:
> /You/ told the list that you "think that the guys [...] at NSA can
> break public key crypto quite easily".
> Now, that is quite a daring statement, and naturally that provoked
> curious questions. And now your reply to that is just "it's my
> personal belief"? Um, sorry, but if that's the case, you _really_
> shouldn't have brought up the topic...

Daring statement, prudent skepticism - or something in between.
What difference does it make? Surely that poster is not the only one
looking for alternatives to factoring-based one-way functions?

cdr