Talk:Timeline of cryptography

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I copied this page from Wikibooks Cryptography. It needs work but I think it is more likely to get attention in wikipedia and I think it has a legit place there. I did not edit the content for the first posting so we would have a history trail. I plan to remove some purely computing items (e.g. Deep Blue). Here are some items that I think should be added:

• William Friedman (various dates)
• RSA challenge factored
• Netscape random number flaw
• Universal v. Remerdez
• NSA DSA
• WEP crack
• KL-7 intro/retirement
• STU-III intro

I'll be adding items to the article as I get dates, but help and additions are, of course, welcome --agr 03:13, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

I've deleted items that have been added --agr 01:57, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Date

"IDEA algorithm is still under patent" Better if we can say "IDEA algorithm is under patent until XXX". Rich Farmbrough 15:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't think we actually need this sentence. The freeness of IDEA used to be more important, as it was the primary cipher used in early versions of PGP, but there are now plenty of alternatives used in OpenPGP. — Matt Crypto 15:16, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Period names

The sectioning into periods would be more meaningful if every period would receive a name or description. Piet 16:32, 10 March 2006 (UTC)