Bernstein's main achievements, by decade: 1990s: Bernstein v. United States 2000s: ChaCha20, Poly1305, Curve25519, Ed25519 2010s: SPHINCS 2020s: sabotaging the post-quantum transition This is so f***ing frustrating. And sad. But mostly frustrating.
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don't forget "procuring a doctorate for a plagiarist and rapist who isn't even competent to explain rsa without having his hand held", late 2010s/early 2020s
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I don’t know what IETF’s policies are, but if the group’s approach boils down to “no one takes responsibility, every new member has to find out themselves” that’s an awful outcome. I’m proud @opensource.org started to tackle that while I was on the board. geekfeminism.fandom.com/wiki/Missing...
geekfeminism.fandom.comMissing stairMissing stair is a term coined by blogger Cliff Pervocracy in 2012 to describe an abuser or harasser who is tolerated in a community, even though their misdeeds are well known. The analogy is that of ...
Documented here, but the tl;dr is that the IETF is 40 years old and there have been a grand total of five successful applications of the process, despite *needing* action way more often than that. The bar is way too high. datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9945/
datatracker.ietf.orgRFC 9945: IETF Community ModerationThe IETF community will treat people with kindness and grace, but not endless patience. This memo obsoletes RFCs 3683 and 3934, and it updates RFCs 2418 and 9245 by establishing a policy for the moder...