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Faster Encryption Algorithm Found By 16 Year Old Girl
Posted by
CmdrTaco
on Wed Jan 13, 1999 04:31 AM
from the geek-gals dept.
from the geek-gals dept.
Jan Stette writes "This
story has made the front page of the UK newspapers today.
A 16 year old Irish girl has devised an encryption algorithm
that is allegedly as secure as RSA but is much faster at performing
the encryption.
" Update: 01/15 02:24 by S :
A picture of her talking to Gordon Moore.
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- Caption of the picture by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:47AM
- Excuse me for being skeptical... by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:02AM
- Salute brillance, encourage curiosity, defy... by Ludvig A. Norin (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @07:07AM
- RSA proofs by Gleef (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @07:28AM
- okay.. by drwiii (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:36AM
- NEW! by drwiii (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:00AM
- encryption=email :) by irishmex (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @07:16PM
- Speed by voidptr (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:50AM
- HA by gavinhall (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:35AM
- More like by shaldannon (Score:1) Wednesday January 20 1999, @09:28AM
- Mormons by shaldannon (Score:1) Wednesday January 20 1999, @10:20AM
- Not enough info. by joss (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:50AM
- Excuse me for being skeptical... by ptomblin (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:44AM
- um...no. by jnik (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:30AM
- Get a life... by krady (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:51AM
- Asymmetric NOT symmetric by krady (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @02:12PM
- same story again on i-times by caolan (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:09AM
- Correction: Point about PGP and RSA by David Jao (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:29AM
- Snake Oil. Be skeptical. Be very skeptical. by David Jao (Score:2) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:57AM
- Hope you is was were read reading by homebrewer (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @07:52AM
- Caption of the picture by homebrewer (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:12AM
- Snake Oil. Be skeptical. Be very skeptical. by Troy (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:12AM
- While this isn't love line by Troy (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @07:31AM
- No one will probably ever read this by Troy (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @06:12AM
- Looks like I'm first by jacoby (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:39AM
- I hope she does. by Prothonotar (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:26AM
- Well, not exactly... by Little Italy (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @09:39AM
- 30 minutes for RSA????? by GrimJack (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:46AM
- Heheh, start the flamewar. by Dr. Evil (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:11AM
- Heheh, start the flamewar. by Dr. Evil (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:50AM
- Heheh, start the flamewar. by Dr. Evil (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:31AM
- Now I think I understand what you are saying. by Dr. Evil (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:59AM
- It might still be "as secure as RSA" by pirkka (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:15AM
- Excuse me for being skeptical... by morbid (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @10:04AM
- Hope you is was were read reading by madprof (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @09:11AM
- okay.. AND We'll see what math thinks of this. by Uruk (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @12:12PM
- Proof by drig (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:30AM
- Has she patented it yet? :-) by edgy (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:39AM
- Ask her to opensource it by Julian Morrison (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:07AM
- warning: dangerous pun content by hobbit (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:09AM
- Snake Oil. Be skeptical. Be very skeptical. by MikeCamel (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:52AM
- It won the Irish Young Scientist's Compo by Quark (Score:2) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:15AM
- _I_ can encrypt a letter faster...& 100% securely! by Andreas Bombe (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @11:45AM
- Excuse me for being skeptical... by Sariel (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @11:11AM
- Excuse me for being skeptical... by Sariel (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @01:10PM
- Excuse me for being skeptical... by Sariel (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @03:11PM
- Excuse me for being skeptical... by Sariel (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @03:26PM
- Flame: confused young female programmers by nosilA (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @01:02PM
- What about Twofish? by Baggio (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @11:53AM
- Go with Twofish by Baggio (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @11:57AM
- Skeptical by Elessar (Score:2) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:48AM
- okay.. by whyDNA? (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @10:46AM
- Not enough info. by cpeikert (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @09:41AM
- Done before? by cpeikert (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @09:56AM
- And they say she's not a prodigy by Communa (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @12:47AM
- Missing the point by smashie (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:49AM
- Hmmmmmmmmm by PureFiction (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:51AM
- Has she patented it yet? :-) by Eltintalle (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @08:44AM
- Wonder if I can patent x=f(y,z) by The Dodger (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @07:16AM
- Wonder if I can patent x=f(y,z) by The Dodger (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @01:52AM
- How come I never meet girls like this? by Ex Machina (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @12:32PM
- Caption of the picture by K. (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:19AM
- 30 minutes for RSA????? by dmz (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @03:38PM
- You call that a proof?? by Artemisia (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @01:48PM
- You call that a proof?? by Artemisia (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @03:33PM
- Plato was certainly not insane. by Artemisia (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @03:41PM
- Excuse me for being skeptical... by Artemisia (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @04:18PM
- Time will tell. by FireReaper (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @12:15PM
- Blarney? by GBorter (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:56PM
- I love 16 year old girls... by ghostOfSlashDot (Score:1) Tuesday February 02 1999, @11:49PM
- And they say she's not a prodigy by betsywetsy (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @09:46AM
- Patent & contribute to Free/OSS by vovin (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:03AM
- I have never seen such Pure Jealousy by HeghmoH (Score:1) Wednesday January 20 1999, @07:52AM
- I can't believe it by cvoid (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:05AM
- If it's faster, isn't it LESS secure? by jimduchek (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:50AM
- Huh? by Papa (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:37AM
- The full story...? by SlowarisGod (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @08:10AM
- Hopefully by Artemis (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @04:42AM
- Am I just supposed take her word on it? by John Hays (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:52AM
- The full story. by William Whyte (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:09AM
- Caption of the picture by William Whyte (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @05:50AM
- Smelly humour by Alex_4.0 (Score:1) Friday January 22 1999, @08:45AM
- Algorithm by Booma (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @06:28AM
- okay.. AND We'll see what math thinks of this. by seejay (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @01:41AM
- get a realdoll by dangerboy (Score:1) Wednesday January 13 1999, @07:35AM
- There is to be no patent by cobyrne (Score:1) Thursday January 14 1999, @12:19AM
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