[7955] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Rijndael & Hitachi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Oct 11 23:40:46 2000
To: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
Cc: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>,
Michael Paul Johnson <mpj@ebible.org>, Vin McLellan <vin@shore.net>,
cryptography@c2.net, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Oct 2000 15:07:20 -0400
In-Reply-To: "Arnold G. Reinhold"'s message of "Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:55:46 -0400"
Message-Id: <sjmy9zvyz6f.fsf@indiana.mit.edu>
No, you're right. Medeco should certainly work on a better lock.
Except there comes a point at which, relatively speaking, ALL doors
are "glass" doors compared to the security of this new medeco++ lock.
At which point no, it doesn't make sense to develop an even better
lock until you come up with better doors. :)
-derek
"Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com> writes:
> Derek Atkins adds:
>
> >
> >Why try to pick a Medeco when it's locking a glass door? :-)
>
> The fact that some people put Medeco's in glass doors, doesn't mean
> Medeco should never develop a better lock.
>
>
> Arnold Reinhold
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