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Interview With Cryptographer Elonka Dunin

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the old-school-geeks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Whitedust is running a very interesting article with the DEF CON speaker and cryptographer Elonka Dunin. The article covers her career and specifically her involvement with the CIA and other US Military agencies."

12 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > is quantum cryptography being persued in the military?

    Yes and no.

  2. Potential Problem by nmccart · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quantum cryptography is neat, to be sure, but what happens if the cat dies?

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    1. Re:Potential Problem by pegr · · Score: 4, Funny

      Quantum cryptography is neat, to be sure, but what happens if the cat dies?
       
      As long as you don't look, no problem!

  3. Re:So by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only the cat knows, and if you ask, it might kill him.

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  4. Re:So by Amouth · · Score: 2, Funny

    hold on let me turn it off......

    maybe

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  5. Re:Very cool person ;) by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Funny

    Were any of the DC geeks trying to pull that cheesy yawning-arm-stretch maneuver on Elonka Dunin at the movie?

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  6. Re:She is pretty amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hint: having an appealing personality starts with not yammering about how stupid everyone around you is and how tedious it makes your life.

  7. Willow Offgood will protect her! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We must get Elonka Dunin to Tir Asleen where she will be safe from the evil Queen Bavmorda!

  8. Re:Elonka Dunin? by +InvaderSkoodge · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Nobody names their kid 'Elonka'"

    It's amazing how often parents make really poor choices when naming their children. For example, Yahoo's people search comes up with 82 occurances of people named Richard Head.

  9. Nope by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody names their kid "Elonka". I suspect if you decode E-L-O-N-K-A-D-U-N-I-N correctly that you'll find out her real name is Xenia Onatop or Alotta Fagina or something like that.

    More probably her real name is "LEONA UNKIND". Or, since this is Slashdot and sooner or later the question "hotness" comes up when any woman is discussed, you might want to click "ON A NUDE LINK", and hope you don't get "A NODE UNLINK", or if she's feeling a bit waspish you may be in for "A DUNK ONLINE".

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  10. I couldn't resist by bdleonard · · Score: 2, Funny

    This seems like the perfect place for a Bob The Angry Flower link http://www.angryflower.com/schrod.gif

  11. Re:So by Jokerz17 · · Score: 3, Funny

    AH, so the cat does NOT have top secret clearance!

    He does... and he doesn't.