Re: ARC4 algorithm

On 15 Mar 2003, Artur Grabowski wrote:

> Knowing how to read does not mean that you have to obey what you read.

ha ha ha
Track record ?
Your track record is: rude and offensive Yes, I remember who you are and the unpleasant emails you have sent to me in the past.

And as far as track records go, nobody is perfect. We all make mistakes. That is part of human nature.

> not cryptographers is based on trust) track record is very important.

Yes I said that and it's a good idea. It's also used in the FreeBSD random number pseudo device implementation (and probably in the OpenBSD implementation aswell).

> unbreakable" (not exact quote, but something like that) and using

One time pads are unbreakable.

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> time for randomness because you couldn't predict the output by looking

Yes I also came up with that idea. And I developed it much further to the extent that it is now very good indeed.

I also remember that when you attempted to publically disgrace that idea, you changed the source code which I had posted to the OpenBSD and FreeBSD mailing lists, and used the changed source code to generate your results. You did not, however, say what changes you made.

Don't bother replying to this email; due to your track record, i'll be deleting any offensive emails you may send me.

Sincerely,
Robin Carey.

PS Anybody who found my Leopard9 CSPRNG interesting should keep an eye out for Leopard10 which hopefully I will be publishing shortly.

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Received on Sat Mar 15 19:37:58 2003