Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Heathfield Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Seriation Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 11:03:12 +0000 Organization: Fix this later Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:03:12 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c240c7ec7170af76d5f5d3375df6ed64"; logging-data="65156"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19YBwjpGFYHfHb4K621MzbjRhSL3GVjPyepOl50xBOzMw==" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:DHN6mBgiP7HBsckHgkJxPKCu+7o= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2152 On 08/12/2024 17:10, Stefan Claas wrote: > Rich wrote: >> Stefan Claas wrote: >>> Rich wrote: >>> >>>> And why would you think it would not also eventually be "cracked" and >>>> "floating around on bitmessage" after some time? >>> >>> I do not think that, I only propose something else to use. >> >> Ok, fair enough. But does it add anything of value over SCOS? SCOS's >> 'value' was in the practice of analysis and working out the algorithm >> given just the encrypted messages (plus an 'oracle' who would encrypt >> requested messages). >> >> The actual 'obsfucation' factor was secondary. > > To make it short, SCOS is dead and I liked to propose something > new for the community, so that we have more traffic here. > scos2 31 41 x=i# rB b(N5m cFt# g)f3 :Q(VF2 -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within