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

[Kevin W. Wall]

[Apologies for this being OT for this list.]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Ray Dillinger <bear at sonic.net> wrote:
> 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.

Then how do they get smoke alarms to work with gas furnaces and
gas hot water heaters? There must be something that works. Maybe
it's just more expensive, but many home building codes require
smoke alarms and (likely) CO detectors in the basement so they
must have _something_.

-kevin
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