From: Vin McLellan <vin@shore.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:22:27 -0700 (PDT)
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
Subject: Re: "Unbreakable Crypto" announcement??
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	Fade <fade@mail1.i1.net> asked the Listocracy:

>>Does anyone with access to the Financial Times know what the hell this
>>snippet is talking about??

>>ENCRYPTION BREAKTHROUGH ANNOUNCED TODAY
>>August 24, 1998  <snip>

	Having read the FT, WHG III  <whgiii@openpgp.net> growled:

>Well this marketing hype just reeks of snake-oil.

	It may be rash to condemn or dismiss a cryptographic proposal just
because corporate PR is unable to coherently explain the work. Cramer and
Shoup are serious players, and they are presenting a paper on their work at
Crypto98 today. The technical paper can be viewed at:
<http://www.zurich.ibm.com/Technology/Security/publications/1998/CS.pdf>

	For more uninformative PR, see:
<http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/980824/ibm_resear_1.html>

	IBM (Shoup's employer) offers a PR contact: Mike Ross, at IBM
Research, e-mail: mikeross@almaden.ibm.com  [Tel: 408/927-1283]

	Suerte,
		_Vin

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