Re: ArcotSign (was Re: Does security depend on hardware?)

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Bruce Schneier (schneier@counterpane.com)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:48:17 -0500


At 12:57 PM 9/22/98 +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
I hope you manage to persaude them then, because, as we all know, if it
>is kept secret, then even B. Schneier saying it is great will not rescue
>them from the snake-oil branding.

I'm working on it. I think I will be successful. They know that they have to
make their sytem public if people are going to use it. At this point, keeping
things under wraps give them a competitive edge. There will be a point where
they have to make all the details public.

Bruce
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