Paul Brown on Solitiare randomness flaw?

Dave Del Torto (ddtopenpgp.net)
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:20:16 -0700

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Does anyone (or you, Bruce?) have a URL handy to/for an paper (by
Paul Brown in the UK?) speculating on a RNG weakness in Solitiare's
(Bruce's playing card cipher)? I've been searching the web
unsuccessfully. The paper may mention it as "Pontifex", as it was
referred to in "Cryptonomicon." The implication is that it may not be
as secure as I'd hoped, and that I should *not* train some human
rights people on how to use it in the field...

TIA,

    dave

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