Strength in Complexity?

[Perry E. Metzger]

Jack Lloyd <lloyd at randombit.net> writes:
>> Having been peripherally involved in the causation change for IKE, let
>> me confess that it was caused by human stupidity destroying the
>> alternatives. The author of the much cleaner spec asserted copyright
>> and control over it, and fearing lawsuits, people turned to the
>> the remaining alternative. A number of us were all to blame for the
>> situation.
>
> Out of curiosity, was this other spec Photuris?

Sadly. That situation was long and complicated and I'd prefer not to
go into it -- and I'd prefer actually if others didn't either, as it
is much more about humans and non-security politics than it is about
security or cryptography.

Perry

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