1998-12-16 - Re: The Fallacy of Cracking Contests
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From: Tom Vogt <tv@wlwonline.de>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1998-12-16 13:44:47 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:44:47 +0800
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From: Tom Vogt <tv@wlwonline.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:44:47 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: The Fallacy of Cracking Contests
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Bruce Schneier wrote:
>
> The Fallacy of Cracking Contests
> Bruce Schneier
>
[...]
> 1. The contests are generally unfair.
[...]
> 2. The analysis is not controlled.
[...]
> 3. Contest prizes are rarely good incentives.
I'd like to add:
4. a breaker is not likely to tell
at least part of the people entering such a contest who have what it
takes to be successful will NOT report a success. in many cases, waiting
until the seemingly secure product actually ships and THEN applying the
gained knowledge will yield far greater rewards.
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- 1998-12-16 (Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:25:28 +0800) - Re: The Fallacy of Cracking Contests - Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>
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