RE: Heard at the IETF

At 07:58 PM 8/2/00 +0000, Dawson, Peter D wrote:
> ->And of course, security folks want the buildings to be
> ->O(2^1024) floors
> ->high, so that we can see some *useful* primes...
> ->
> ->              --Steve Bellovin
>
> of course, using the floor factors , as indicated...
> this will eliminate all possibilities of hackers getting
> into the elevator system.. correct ?
no, they'll get into the elevator. This prevents them ever getting out 
again, as they will never be able to figure out what flaw is to exploit.