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- From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: RSA-129 contest
- Message-ID: <17133@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 00:51:31 GMT
- References: <21385.Aug2322.57.0292@virtualnews.nyu.edu> <5462.Aug2519.18.4392@virtualnews.nyu.edu>
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- In article <5462.Aug2519.18.4392@virtualnews.nyu.edu>, brnstnd@nyu.edu (D. J. Bernstein) writes:
- > Hey, Ed, I'm not asserting my knowledge here.
- >
- > *Nobody* knows how to accurately estimate the time GNFS will take on a
- > given number. I don't. Bob Silverman doesn't. Len Adleman doesn't. This
- > isn't an insult: this is fact.
-
- Dan, there are ways to say such things politely. In fact, you've more
- or less managed it here. Your previous postings on the subject were
- insulting in the extreme. If you don't understand why, think about it
- some more.
-
- Btw, given Bob's reputation in the field, I'm inclined to trust his
- guesses more than yours. Perhaps, in a few years, you'll have achieved
- equal stature. If and when that happens, your educated guesses will e
- entitled to equal respect.
-