[Cryptography] asymmetric attacks on crypto-protocols - the rough consensus attack

[Salz, Rich]

> My opinion is that the rough consensus can be counter-balanced by "running
> code".  If the original group moves forward, deploys, gets early adopters,
> shows it's working, and perhaps wonder-of-wonders gets it picked up by one
> of the big behemoths that could jump-start deployment (maybe Google, or

We used to be very unhappy with Microsoft's "embrace and extend" strategy and upset that they did not work things through open processes.

Satayana is smiling.