This has reminded me I need to get on with my Security Protocols work.
I laughed. Is that wrong?
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It's very wrong! I read that yesterday and it went straight over my head! ;)
Posted by: Sophie Barrett | 01/11/2006 at 03:09 PM
I think it would for most people! Alice and Bob are placeholder names standardly in cryptology. See this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob .
I have been editing papers about Alice and Bob for many years, so it was great to see the concept rendered! Meaningless to anyone else though. :)
Posted by: Joh | 02/11/2006 at 10:37 AM