WRITTEN CODE

In Raph Levien's

       Subject : Design proposal : crypto-capable generic interface

he mentioned his desire to see more cryptographic program code and
I didn't want to see this initiative die.  I am a new commer to
cryptography and I know I shouldn't be posting yet but that is
what I thought cypherpunk postings was supposed to be in the first
place ( program code, protocols, and algorithms ).  Please don't
flame me to badly for this message.  I am doing everything I am
supposed to before posting ( reading the FAQ's, the entire
cypherpunk archive, and APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY by Bruce Schneier )
but I could not let this slip by.  Let's talk more about the
cryptographic algorithms, program code, and chips than
politics.  


                     I hope this did not upset to many people

On Sat, 18 Nov 1995, Daniel 'genius' Charpentier wrote:

> he mentioned his desire to see more cryptographic program code and
> I didn't want to see this initiative die.  I am a new commer to
> cryptography and I know I shouldn't be posting yet but that is

Don't be shy: POST! If you've got good coding ideas, then by all
means we want to hear you. If you've got lousy ideas but good intentions,
the fastest way on the net to get corrected is to post a mistake :-) .
Nobody will flame you for that, so don't be so touchy.

> what I thought cypherpunk postings was supposed to be in the first
> cryptographic algorithms, program code, and chips than
> politics.  

Some of us codewriters are far lazier than others on the list, 
politicical discussion seems to take less effort and is the lowest common
denominator (too bad, but then I'm guilty; snore...).

>                      I hope this did not upset to many people

Hardly. Don't worry about it, besides, killfiles exist. I agree  
wholeheartedly too, I'd love to see more crypto code and protocol discussion.
I must point out though, that the quality you get is related to the 
quality you give, if you post crypto code/protocol material (I'm too lazy 
for that, right now...), that's what the debate will shift to.
Kind of like "Build it and they will come." (Field of Dreams?).

Curious, where is uncg.edu? Your French name doesn't make me think you're 
in the States (as an .edu address might suggest, but then not necessarily 
either). (univ of Calgary?)

Bonne fin de semaine.

s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca writes:
> On Sat, 18 Nov 1995, Daniel 'genius' Charpentier wrote:
>
> > he mentioned his desire to see more cryptographic program code and
> > I didn't want to see this initiative die.  I am a new commer to
> > cryptography and I know I shouldn't be posting yet but that is
>
> Don't be shy: POST! If you've got good coding ideas, then by all
> means we want to hear you. If you've got lousy ideas but good intentions,

Amen. If you have something crypto-relevant to post, please do. As the amount
of noise on this list rises, the meaningful discussion goes away. Please help
reverse this trend.

> the fastest way on the net to get corrected is to post a mistake :-) .
> Nobody will flame you for that, so don't be so touchy.

Or if some anal-retentive jerk flames you, ignore him. Even if you make a naive
mistake in your post, and someone corrects it, both you and probably other
readers of this list will learn from it.

> Bonne fin de semaine.

Curious how in qc they say 'fin the semaine' while in France proper everybody
says 'weekend'.

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