my take on "PCP"

[Perry E. Metzger]

Ralf Senderek <ralf at senderek.de> writes:
> On 4 May 2003, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> > If you are serious, submit a full description of your hash function
> > along with your evidence of its security against known forms of attack
> > to a peer-reviewed publication.
> 
> The idea, the code, the explanation and my analysis are all in
> 
>      http://senderek.de/pcp/pcp-security.html

I said "peer reviewed publication", not "thing I put on my web site".

> And fortunately my seriousness does not at all depend on the fact
> whether or not I managed to get it into your favourite crypto journal.
> Not seeing it in print will never prevent further analysis.

Actually, it effectively will prevent it because no one will
bother. There's a great essay by Schneier on that subject.

Perry

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