On: Problems with Bruce Schneier's “Solitaire” (2001)

[elcapitan]

The Solitaire link in the article doesn't work, so here's a description on Bruce Schneier's website:

https://www.schneier.com/academic/solitaire/

[vmateixeira → elcapitan]

In my case it's being blocked by BT and redirecting to theirs security and risk management page[0].

[0] - http://www.globalservices.bt.com/uk/en/products_category/sec...

[elcapitan → vmateixeira]

Is that a block? Just seems to me that this is a fairly old article referencing some other fairly old page, which now probably redirects categorically to that BT page.

[vmateixeira → elcapitan]

Yes, I think so. I can see 404s but when it comes to security/encryption links it's not the first time it has happened. I can't access these ones either [0],[1], linked from [2].

[0] http://www.counterpane.com/blowfish.html

[1] http://www.counterpane.com/bfsh-koc.zip

[2] http://bcrypt.sourceforge.net/

Edit: I just realised this page belongs to the same domain name as the previous.

[mintplant → vmateixeira]

I'm not on BT and I'm getting the same redirects. Looks like Counterpane was acquired [1] by BT in 2006 and became BT Managed Security Solutions [2].

[1] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/10/bt_acquires_c...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Managed_Security_Solutions

[vmateixeira → mintplant]

Alright, thanks for the tip!

[lstamour → vmateixeira]

Original page works for me in Canada, as a data point.