> A young lady in Ireland has developed a cryptographic algorithm that
> at first look provides significantly better speed than RSA. She is
> thinking of releasing the algorithm under open source. The article
> seems relevant to the kernel due to the recent discussions of
> cryptographic hooks. An open source algorithm would be well accepted
> by many users of Linux.
If true, it is *highly* imperative she distributes the sources far and
wide such that it would be impossible for the Evil Powers-That-Be to
censor it, to gag her or even worse, have her murdered in the name of
National Security. It can happen and has actually happened in the past
(cf. German hacker found dead before Christmas - he had been working on
encryption)
Cheers,
Alex.
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