[Cryptography] Long-term security (was Re: ratcheting DH strengths over time)

[Ray Dillinger]

It is true.  The new smoke alarm units flatly presume that
all ranges are electric and all ovens are either electric
or microwave.  Any gas range or gas oven will set them off
immediately.  If they are actually in the same room, they
will even refuse to coexist with pilot lights.

As a result they cannot be used by anyone who prefers cooking
with gas.  As most "foodies" in fact do.

Since the people willing to own and (very) occasionally use
an electric range or oven, to a first approximation don't
cook at all, that means the new units are most unusable
where they are most needed. The sort of non-foodie who
rarely cooks at all hasn't much need for protection.

This is an excellent model for security to NOT follow.  A
security device that only works for those who don't need
it is a non-starter.

				Bear




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