1995-08-07 - Re: RSA has been proved correct

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From: sdw@lig.net (Stephen D. Williams)
To: solman@MIT.EDU
Message Hash: 28521f0027b58e53dba5c90b965645a253a57815f649e41a3bb0e249d62b6e5a
Message ID: <m0sfWAM-0009yuC@sdwsys>
Reply To: <9508050806.AA22214@ua.MIT.EDU>
UTC Datetime: 1995-08-07 17:41:53 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 7 Aug 95 10:41:53 PDT

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From: sdw@lig.net (Stephen D. Williams)
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 95 10:41:53 PDT
To: solman@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: RSA has been proved correct
In-Reply-To: <9508050806.AA22214@ua.MIT.EDU>
Message-ID: <m0sfWAM-0009yuC@sdwsys>
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...
> Given the enormous difficulty of ensuring security in a world of
> ubiquitous distributed computing, I'm as big a fan as any of formal
> methods. But Tim's post hammers home the big fault of formal methods:
> the possibility that people will come to rely upon them. I have

"Logic is a system whereby one may go wrong with confidence." - Patterson

...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> JWS
> 

sdw
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