The cr.yp.to microblog: 2018.01.05 16:44:31

2018.01.05 16:44:31 (949305621072920576) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri πŸ¦€πŸŒΉ (@bascule)" (948941835476463622):

The CAESAR submission teams received nearly 20000 words of comments (not evenly distributed; that's life), and the selection committee is waiting for responses. What precisely is your problem?

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2018.01.04 16:03:27 (948932897834184710) from "Thomas H. Ptacek (@tqbf)" = "Thomas "Secular Armenianist" Ptacek (@tqbf)":

I don’t know, but I’m serious. @matthew_d_green thoughts? Why would it be hard to put this together? https://twitter.com/CiPHPerCoder/status/948932784436994049

2018.01.04 16:29:43 (948939505754656769) from "hannoπŸ’‰πŸ’‰πŸ’‰πŸ’‰ (@hanno)", replying to "Thomas H. Ptacek (@tqbf)" = "Thomas "Secular Armenianist" Ptacek (@tqbf)" (948932897834184710):

just one thing: if you start a competition you need to have the people committed to actually do the work and finish it. CAESAR has frustrated quite a few people.

2018.01.04 16:33:02 (948940342711242755) from "Thomas H. Ptacek (@tqbf)" = "Thomas "Secular Armenianist" Ptacek (@tqbf)", replying to "hannoπŸ’‰πŸ’‰πŸ’‰πŸ’‰ (@hanno)" (948939505754656769):

I am not a fan of the PHC, but it was well run and actually finished with a recommendation.

2018.01.04 16:38:58 (948941835476463622) from "Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri πŸ¦€πŸŒΉ (@bascule)", replying to "Thomas H. Ptacek (@tqbf)" = "Thomas "Secular Armenianist" Ptacek (@tqbf)" (948940342711242755):

I think the solution is for the organizer to not get distracted and wander off to some other crypto competition