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Ask Security/Cryptography Expert Paul Kocher

Posted by Roblimo on from the lkas;dkl9046-is-how-he-says-hello dept.

Paul Kocher is unquestionably one of the highest-profile computer and network security experts around. He's president of Cryptography Research, Inc. and one of the architects of SSL 3.0. The floor is now open. Please try not to ask questions that can be answered with a few minutes' worth of online research. We'll post Paul's answers to 10 of the highest-moderated questions soon after he gets them back to us. Update: 03/13 18:18 GMT by M : Let's try this one more time, this time with feeling.

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  1. Damn you, Slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I saw that there were no comments, and I thought WOW, I am finally going to get my first post here. And then there wasn't actually a reply button.

    Damn you, slashdot, for cheating this one off me.

  2. Legit Question by sdjunky · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Please try not to ask questions that can be answered with a few minutes' worth of online research"

    What do you take us /.ers for? Like we can't figure basic stuff out on our own.

    Now... for my question.

    What is SSL?

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  4. Re:Serious Threats? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "If Saddam Hussein fails to comply and we fail to act or
    we take some ambiguous third route, which gives him yet
    more opportunities to develop his program of weapons of
    mass destruction and continue to press for the release of
    sanctions and ignore the commitments he's made? Well, he
    will conclude that the international community's lost its
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    -President Bill Clinton in 1998

    What about serious threats from murderous dictators and hypocritical appeasement liberals?