[Cryptography] Boing Boing pushing an RSA Conference boycott

[dan at geer.org]

Ranking Fortune 100 firms by the numbers of vulnerabilities they
have distributed times the numbers of people they have distributed
them to, RSA is an also ran.  Ranking Fortune 100 firms by the
numbers of known monetary losses attributable to their vulnerabilities,
whether direct (theft) or indirect (overtime for sysadmins), RSA
is an also ran.  Ranking Fortune 100 firms by the numbers of enemies
they have slept with, RSA is in the middle of the pack but way, way
out of contention for the laurel wreath.  Ranking Fortune 100 firms
by the attractiveness of penetrating them, RSA is top tier but
ancillary, like a sexy supporting actress -- the main objects of
desire are governments and their respective defense industrial
bases.  Ranking Fortune 100 firms by the number of times they have
made bad bets, RSA doesn't have enough money to make the kind of
bets that could wreck anybody's civil economy.  Ranking worldwide
firms by the fraction of their business that involves crimes against
nature done while sucking on their respective government's tit, RSA
doesn't come remotely close to making the A-list.

I'm not their friend, but this is a side show.

--dan