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From: "A. Baker" <boojum_42@yahoo.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
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Subject: [9fans] Chaos anyone ?
Date: Mon,  9 Jun 2003 19:54:32 -0700
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>Bodacion's Hydra server uses biomorphic mathematics
--
>a derivative of Chaos Theory used to model the random
>growth of living things -- to generate series of
>pattern-less numbers that cannot be deciphered by
>hackers, even if they possess the basic mathematical
>formula, Uner told NewsFactor. No two Hydra users
>ever receive the same session ID, customer ID, order
>ID, or any other digital identification. Nor will any
>hacker be able to discern a pattern and predict the
>next number, Uner added."

>>Bodacion's Hydra ...
>
>In sci.crypt we call this "Snake Oil".

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>Maybe thats why it's called hydra... :)

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>"Obfuscation with intent to deceive" would be a good
>legal description, to my mind.

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http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html

http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9902.html#snakeoil


Yeah, it did sound like they were swingin' their *icks

:-)

I'd (still) be (wildly) interested in comments of the
security persuasion.
(Plan 9s current model vs Unix (yes I RTFM, TYVM :-)
vs Process-Based Security(PBS), vs ... ?

Searching for some silver bullets.

Thanks,


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Boojum

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