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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Chaos anyone?
Date: Fri,  6 Jun 2003 09:58:17 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EE060D3.307@null.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030605013240.33002.qmail@web40413.mail.yahoo.com>

A. Baker wrote:
> 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."

In sci.crypt we call this "Snake Oil".


  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-06  9:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-05  1:32 A. Baker
2003-06-06  9:58 ` Douglas A. Gwyn [this message]
2003-06-06 10:12   ` Lucio De Re
2003-06-06 11:15   ` northern snowfall
2003-06-06 10:20 Andrew Simmons
2003-06-10  2:54 [9fans] Chaos anyone ? A. Baker
2003-06-10  3:06 ` boyd, rounin
2003-06-10 18:09 ` Joel Salomon
2003-06-11 23:09 A. Baker
2003-06-11 23:17 ` boyd, rounin
2003-06-13  8:38   ` Douglas A. Gwyn

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