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The easy way out

The easy way out

Posted Nov 11, 2012 1:15 UTC (Sun) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)
In reply to: The easy way out by apoelstra
Parent article: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)

"This would be very bad -- and not just for bitcoin, but for everything using ECC."

Even with theoretically perfect cryptography algorithms it is *very* difficult to design the surrounding mechanisms in a way that is immune to attack.

I mean even SSL/TLS protocol designers and implementers don't get it 100% right.


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