From: sdw@lig.net (Stephen D. Williams)
To: solman@MIT.EDU
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UTC Datetime: 1995-08-07 17:41:53 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 7 Aug 95 10:41:53 PDT
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>
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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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