Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rich Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Speaking of long-ish passwords Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 20:37:32 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 22:37:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="43a00a6c9df3184c62368e08b74e19b2"; logging-data="4130105"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+TeyOxw2wb8LyVwZM0OiwB" User-Agent: tin/2.6.1-20211226 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.139 (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DPKBRJhCk1tDpsAq4W/TCCwgswc= Bytes: 2516 Chris M. Thomasson wrote: > On 6/22/2024 9:09 AM, Rich wrote: >> Chris M. Thomasson wrote: >>> On 6/21/2024 3:01 PM, Rich wrote: >>>> Cri-Cri wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:45:24 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: >>>> >>>> Chris very much so likes to "insert" his hmac cipher into every >>>> discussion thread, even those where it is off topic (although the >>>> off-topicness is questionable here....). >>>> >>>> He did this so much that Richard Heathfield killfiled him a couple >>>> years back after having become frustrated with his "insertions" (among >>>> other things). >>> >>> Ahhh, the open secret... I gave away too many of my experiments. He got >>> pissed. >> >> More accurately, you *hijacked* too many threads to insert your hmac >> cipher into them, and then did not listen and crucially, *adjust your >> behavior in the face of negative feedback* about your doing so, with >> the result that he got tired of the hijacking and killfiled you. >> > > Oh. I do remember him getting pissed off about me talking to much about > my progress with SCOS. Ah, that too, you revealed some details that he asked the group not to reveal, in order that the 'challenge' of cracking it oneself remained possible.