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Re: Firefox improvements.

Started by"Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com>
First post2015-10-11 19:03 +0200
Last post2015-10-21 09:36 +0200
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  Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-11 19:03 +0200
    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-11 13:13 -0400
      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-11 19:55 +0100
        Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-11 14:42 -0500
          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-11 20:47 +0100
            Password restrictions [Was: Firefox improvements.] Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-15 13:30 -0500
        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-11 16:02 -0400
          Re: Firefox improvements. Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-11 21:45 +0100
            Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-11 17:01 -0400
              Re: Firefox improvements. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-11 22:18 +0000
                Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-11 18:45 -0400
                  Re: Firefox improvements. "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-11 18:03 -0500
                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-11 19:24 -0400
                Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-11 21:07 -0400
                Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-15 20:07 -0500
                  Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-16 09:01 +0100
                    Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-16 11:59 -0500
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-16 18:21 +0100
            Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 03:53 +0100
          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 03:50 +0100
        Re: Firefox improvements. "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-11 17:13 -0500
          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 03:55 +0100
          Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-16 01:08 -0500
            Re: Firefox improvements. Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-19 11:53 -0700
              Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-19 16:58 -0400
                Re: Firefox improvements. Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-19 14:32 -0700
                  Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-19 18:26 -0400
                    Re: Firefox improvements. Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-20 07:55 -0700
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-20 16:35 +0100
        Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-11 20:51 -0400
          Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-11 21:05 -0400
          Re: Firefox improvements. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-12 01:08 +0000
          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 03:59 +0100
            Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-11 23:08 -0400
              Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 04:41 +0100
                Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 00:16 -0400
                  Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 00:37 -0400
                  Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 05:46 +0100
                    Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 00:56 -0400
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 06:18 +0100
                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 02:22 -0400
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 08:44 +0100
                        Strength from generation restrictions [Re: Firefox improvements.] Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-15 15:18 -0500
                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 02:23 -0400
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 08:47 +0100
                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 03:59 -0400
                          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 09:14 +0100
                          Re: Firefox improvements. Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-12 12:08 +0100
                            Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 08:59 -0400
                              Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 14:25 +0100
                                Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 12:20 -0400
                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-12 16:27 +0000
                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-13 11:20 +0100
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 16:01 +0000
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-13 23:45 +0100
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-13 16:16 -0700
                                          Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 23:27 +0000
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-15 21:41 +0200
                                          Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-15 22:43 +0000
                                            Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-16 04:44 +0200
                                              Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-16 07:51 -0400
                                                Re: Firefox improvements. Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-16 08:27 -0700
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 10:13 -0700
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-16 13:21 -0400
                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2015-10-13 11:31 -0400
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2015-10-13 08:45 -0700
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 16:03 +0000
                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 17:46 +0100
                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-12 16:47 +0000
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 17:56 +0100
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-20 00:52 -0500
                                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 13:10 -0400
                                    Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-12 20:01 -0400
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-13 00:44 +0000
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 12:25 -0400
                                          Re: Firefox improvements. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-13 16:40 +0000
                                            Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 13:02 -0400
                                              Re: Firefox improvements. Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-13 18:16 +0100
                                                Re: Firefox improvements. Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-10-13 11:32 -0600
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 22:53 -0400
                                                Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 20:27 -0400
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-14 01:45 +0000
                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 21:58 -0400
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-14 02:13 +0000
                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 20:29 -0400
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-15 01:46 +0100
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-15 01:01 +0000
                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 21:16 -0400
                                                                Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-15 01:19 +0000
                                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 22:07 -0400
                                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 22:22 -0400
                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 22:19 -0400
                                                                Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 12:51 +0100
                                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-15 12:59 +0000
                                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 09:09 -0400
                                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-15 13:18 +0000
                                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 09:29 -0400
                                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 14:35 +0100
                                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-15 22:44 +0000
                                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 09:30 -0400
                                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 09:31 -0400
                                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-15 12:09 -0400
                                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-15 22:47 +0000
                                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 21:22 -0400
                                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. JW <none@dev.null> - 2015-10-16 06:14 -0400
                                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-15 12:09 -0400
                                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-15 12:07 -0400
                                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 16:24 -0400
                                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-15 22:50 +0000
                                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-15 12:02 -0400
                                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 17:12 +0100
                                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-15 12:50 -0400
                                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 18:01 +0100
                                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-15 20:06 -0400
                                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. Jakob Bohm <jb-usenet@wisemo.com> - 2015-10-16 02:37 +0200
                                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-21 07:32 +0200
                                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-15 14:05 -0400
                                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 19:10 +0100
                                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-15 14:46 -0400
                                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-10-15 21:28 +0200
                                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-16 00:19 +0000
                                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 21:31 -0400
                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-10-14 20:35 -0600
                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-15 21:53 +0200
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 22:18 -0400
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 12:46 +0100
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-15 09:18 -0400
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-14 02:13 +0000
                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-10-13 21:32 -0600
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 00:21 -0400
                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 20:30 -0400
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 21:09 -0400
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 13:20 +0100
                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 09:07 -0400
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-14 04:49 +0000
                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 00:56 -0400
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-13 22:39 -0700
                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-14 08:40 +0100
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-10-14 15:01 -0600
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 19:13 -0400
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 20:33 -0400
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 19:15 -0400
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 12:42 +0100
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 20:32 -0400
                                                        Exhaustive searches, brutish and otherwise [Was: Firefox improvements.] Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-20 01:19 -0500
                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-16 13:26 -0500
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-21 07:48 +0200
                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-21 11:25 -0500
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-21 07:53 +0200
                                              Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-13 18:45 +0100
                                                Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-13 15:47 -0400
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-13 22:17 +0100
                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 21:59 +0000
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 20:35 -0400
                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-10-13 22:28 -0400
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-14 04:00 +0100
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 23:10 -0400
                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-14 04:19 +0100
                                                                Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 00:15 -0400
                                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-14 08:29 +0100
                                                              Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 20:39 -0400
                                                                Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 21:10 -0400
                                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 22:24 -0400
                                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 22:31 -0400
                                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-15 12:16 -0400
                                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 16:25 -0400
                                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-21 08:03 +0200
                                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-14 22:50 -0400
                                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-15 12:19 -0400
                                                                Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-14 22:26 -0400
                                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 22:38 -0400
                                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 12:20 +0100
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-13 22:54 -0500
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-14 04:24 +0000
                                                            Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 20:47 -0400
                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 23:01 -0400
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 20:44 -0400
                                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-14 21:11 -0400
                                                          Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 22:26 -0400
                                              Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 18:48 +0000
                                                Re: Firefox improvements. Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-10-13 13:24 -0600
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-13 22:23 +0100
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 20:36 -0400
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 22:59 -0400
                                                Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 20:35 -0400
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-14 02:16 +0100
                                              Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 22:52 -0400
                                                Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-14 20:49 -0400
                                                  Re: Firefox improvements. "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-14 23:07 -0500
                                                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-15 07:12 -0400
                                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-15 12:58 +0100
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 20:49 -0400
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 12:26 -0400
                                  Re: Firefox improvements. glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-13 03:02 +0000
                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-16 12:19 -0500
                                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-16 17:17 -0400
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-20 22:13 -0500
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-21 00:46 -0400
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-21 00:47 -0400
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-21 00:48 -0400
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-21 00:51 -0400
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-21 00:52 -0400
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-21 00:53 -0400
                            Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 14:13 +0100
                        Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-12 15:04 +0000
                          Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 12:30 -0400
                            Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-12 16:43 +0000
                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 02:29 -0400
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 08:53 +0100
                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 08:50 -0400
                          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 14:18 +0100
                            Re: Firefox improvements. Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2015-10-12 16:50 +0200
                            Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 12:12 -0400
                              Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 17:33 +0100
                              Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-12 16:32 +0000
                                Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-10-12 21:20 -0400
                                  Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 21:43 -0400
                                  Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-13 08:03 +0200
                                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 07:18 -0400
                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-13 07:28 +0100
                                  Re: Firefox improvements. Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-13 10:16 +0100
                                    Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 16:12 +0000
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-13 16:39 +0000
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 18:51 +0000
                                          Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 22:55 -0400
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 22:47 -0400
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-13 18:13 +0100
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 19:03 +0000
                                          Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-13 22:57 -0400
                                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-13 22:02 +0100
                                        Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-13 22:04 +0000
                            Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 12:15 -0400
                              Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-12 16:37 +0000
                              Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 12:46 -0400
                            Re: Firefox improvements. Brian Gladman <blindanagram@nowhere.net> - 2015-10-12 18:01 +0100
                              Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 13:14 -0400
                          Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-12 15:12 +0000
                            Re: Firefox improvements. glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-13 03:06 +0000
                              Re: Firefox improvements. krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2015-10-13 12:28 -0400
                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 02:30 -0400
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 09:01 +0100
                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 08:54 -0400
                          Re: Firefox improvements. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-10-12 14:24 +0100
                          Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 13:02 -0400
                          Re: Firefox improvements. gordonb.wak65@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-10-12 20:47 -0500
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-12 15:24 +0000
            Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 00:18 -0400
            Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-16 16:31 -0500
          Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-16 15:55 -0500
            Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-16 17:33 -0400
              Re: Firefox improvements. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-17 01:32 +0000
                Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-17 01:12 -0400
                  Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-17 12:53 -0400
                    Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-17 19:32 -0400
                      Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-18 11:08 -0500
                        Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-18 17:15 -0400
                      Re: Firefox improvements. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-18 12:42 -0400
                  Re: Firefox improvements. gordonb.ll6qm@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-10-21 18:36 -0500
              Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-17 10:01 +0200
              Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-18 00:34 -0500
                Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-18 11:55 -0400
                  Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-18 17:13 -0400
                  Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-19 00:35 -0500
                  Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-19 06:47 -0400
                Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] Neon John <no@never.com> - 2015-10-18 13:25 -0400
                  Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 11:39 -0700
                  Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-19 15:33 -0500
                    Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-19 18:37 -0500
                Re: Trusting password managers [Re: Firefox improvements.] Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-19 11:54 -0700
        Re: Firefox improvements. rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-10-12 05:52 +0000
          Re: Firefox improvements. DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-12 02:35 -0400
            Password crackers are not naive [Was: Firefox improvements.] Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-18 01:07 -0500
              Re: Password crackers are not naive [Was: Firefox improvements.] "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-21 08:16 +0200
                Re: Password crackers are not naive [Was: Firefox improvements.] David Malone <dwmalone@walton.maths.tcd.ie> - 2015-10-21 15:54 +0000
                  Re: Password crackers are not naive [Was: Firefox improvements.] DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-10-21 11:57 -0400
                Re: Password crackers are not naive [Was: Firefox improvements.] dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt) - 2015-10-21 11:17 -0700
      Re: Firefox improvements. Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-12 09:56 +0200
        Re: Firefox improvements. Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2015-10-18 01:25 -0500
    Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-21 08:47 +0200
    Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-21 09:17 +0200
    Re: Firefox improvements. "Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-21 09:36 +0200

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#32982

FromRich <rich@example.invalid>
Date2015-10-16 00:19 +0000
Message-ID<mvpfpt$7je$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#32962
In sci.crypt David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> On 15/10/15 20:10, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> > On 15/10/15 19:05, James Kuyper wrote:
> >> On 10/15/2015 12:12 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> >> ...
> >>> A brute force search is an exhaustive search - one that tries
> >>> every possibility until a possibility that works is found. Your
> >>> argument appears to be that, if that exhaustive search is ordered
> >>> in some particular way, it is no longer exhaustive. I don't
> >>> understand why you think so.
> >>
> >> No, he's arguing that it's no longer brute force.
> >
> > Yes, I've worked that one out. :-)
> >
> > It's an argument about definitions. With no standard to which to
> > refer, there is no way to resolve the argument, and no point in
> > trying.
> >

> I can't comprehend why you have been bothering so long with this
> discussion.  Perhaps you have never been in sci.electronics.design,
> but you are arguing with a couple of its most unpleasant regulars -
> people with very little knowledge about anything, but a great deal of
> strong (and strongly worded) opinions on everything and everyone. 
> It's a complete waste of time.

Which is the very reason why I have now Plonk'ed both into my killfile.

Enough time wasted on their misbeliefs.

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#32987

FromDecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org>
Date2015-10-15 21:31 -0400
Message-ID<7pk02bh4khp9fgrf0r9srrfideuj3kb062@4ax.com>
In reply to#32982
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:19:09 +0000 (UTC), Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Gave us:

>Which is the very reason why I have now Plonk'ed both into my killfile.
>
>Enough time wasted on their misbeliefs.

  The holier than thou know-it-all whom actually doesn't speaks!

  OMG!  Everyone harken to his grand utterances.

  Just beware because they sound distinctly as if they are emanating
from his ass.

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#32920

FromJoe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Date2015-10-14 20:35 -0600
Message-ID<1bfv1chn8x.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net>
In reply to#32905
Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:

> In sci.crypt Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>> On 15/10/2015 01:29, krw wrote:
>> > On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 02:13:45 +0000 (UTC), Rich <rich@example.invalid>
>> > wrote:
>
>> >> Therefore, your definition is the one that is wrong and makes no sense.
>> >
>> > Nonsense. It makes a *lot* more sense than yours.  Answer the
>> > question; are you using prior knowledge of the possible key, or not.
>
>> If someone does a brute force search whether from 0000 to 9999 or vice 
>> versa, they might have no prior knowledge of the PIN they're looking for 
>> or any idea of more likely possibilities.
>
>> So according to you that counts as brute force.
>
>> But presumably they must have prior knowledge that they're looking for a 
>> PIN, and not a password, or the answer to a puzzle. Does that now mean 
>> they the method is not brute force? In other words, a brute force search 
>> for a PIN will have to examine sequences of any characters or any 
>> length, and not be allowed to look only at sequences of 4 digits.
>
>> (And a PIN can after all be considered a password with very specific 
>> restrictions.)
>
>> If that's what you're saying, then it is ridiculous.
>
> That is exactly what krw is saying.
>
> By his definition, if you have no knowledge of the "pin" (to use this
> example), both of these are "brute force"
>
> for pin from 0000 to 9999 do
>   check-pin(pin);
>
> for pin from 9999 to 0000 do
>   check-pin(pin);
>
> But, also by his definition, if you use knowledge to decide that the
> users pin likely begins with a 7, 8, or 9, and therefore choose to run
> your loop this way:
>
> for pin from 9999 to 0000 do
>   check-pin(pin);
>
> Then this same, identical, loop, which *was brute force* prior to the
> knowledge addition is now, somehow, magically no longer brute force. 
> His "knowledge" based definition creates a logical contradiction. 
> Iterating pins from 9999 down to 0000 can not both be brute force when
> no knowledge is used to choose that direction, and simultaneough be not
> brute force when knowledge is used to decide to run from 9999 down to
> 0000.

That's *exactly* the difference between brute force and not brute force:
whether there is intelligence in deciding what order to use.  I'm having
a hard time understanding how you can do such a good job explaining the
difference, and then conclude there's "magic" involved.

There are many, many orders in which the PINs can be tried (n! of them,
actually).  If you use information regarding likely patterns to decide
which one to use, your search is not longer brute force.  The better the
information, the less "brute" it is.

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#32965

From"Skybuck Flying" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com>
Date2015-10-15 21:53 +0200
Message-ID<b6b7e$56200431$d47876e2$27261@news.ziggo.nl>
In reply to#32905
// classic brute force
for pin from 0000 to 9999 do
  check-pin(pin);

// less brute force
for pin from 9999 to 0000 do
  check-pin(pin);

"
Then this same, identical, loop, which *was brute force* prior to the
knowledge addition is now, somehow, magically no longer brute force.
"

The magic you are referring to is the order of events which is part of 
Theory of Information.

Watch it on youtube ! ;)

"
His "knowledge" based definition creates a logical contradiction.
"

There is no contradiction, one is less brute force than the other, unless 
one knows the pin is in lower half.

"Iterating pins from 9999 down to 0000 can not both be brute force when
no knowledge is used to choose that direction,
"

You contradict yourself now, knowledge was assumed to be present.

"and simultaneough be not brute force when knowledge is used to decide to 
run from 9999 down to 0000."

That is correct... I'd call it "less brute force".

Or "directed brute force".

Bye,
  Skybuck.

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#32913

Fromkrw <krw@nowhere.com>
Date2015-10-14 22:18 -0400
Message-ID<933u1bpja9dhahn3oj1ks8enlvemd5cun8@4ax.com>
In reply to#32902
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 01:46:10 +0100, Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

>On 15/10/2015 01:29, krw wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 02:13:45 +0000 (UTC), Rich <rich@example.invalid>
>> wrote:
>
>>> Therefore, your definition is the one that is wrong and makes no sense.
>>
>> Nonsense. It makes a *lot* more sense than yours.  Answer the
>> question; are you using prior knowledge of the possible key, or not.
>
>If someone does a brute force search whether from 0000 to 9999 or vice 
>versa, they might have no prior knowledge of the PIN they're looking for 
>or any idea of more likely possibilities.
>
>So according to you that counts as brute force.

Certainly.  He's using no prior knowledge of the key.  He's doing
nothing but using force, no intelligence.
>
>But presumably they must have prior knowledge that they're looking for a 
>PIN, and not a password, or the answer to a puzzle. Does that now mean 
>they the method is not brute force? In other words, a brute force search 
>for a PIN will have to examine sequences of any characters or any 
>length, and not be allowed to look only at sequences of

Don't be ridiculous.  One doesn't have to have any knowledge of the
keys to have knowledge of the system.
>
>(And a PIN can after all be considered a password with very specific 
>restrictions.)
>
>If that's what you're saying, then it is ridiculous.

No, you're being stupid.

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#32930

FromRichard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Date2015-10-15 12:46 +0100
Message-ID<mvo3is$o1r$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#32896
On 15/10/15 01:29, krw wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 02:13:45 +0000 (UTC), Rich <rich@example.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> In sci.crypt krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 01:45:39 +0000 (UTC), William Unruh
>>> <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>> On 2015-10-14, krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:16:43 +0100, Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13/10/2015 18:02, krw wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:40:39 +0000 (UTC), William Unruh
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sure it is. Brute force says nothing about the order in which all the
>>>>>>>> keys are tried.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wrong.  That's exactly what the term means.  No thought, just pure
>>>>>>> muscle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It can be a combination of logic and brute force (that's usually how I
>>>>>> solve puzzles with a machine instead of using an analytical solution).
>>>>>
>>>>> Surely, but that's not "brute force".
>>>>>
>>>>>> If I need to find a 4 digit PIN but somehow know it's more likely to be
>>>>>> in the top half, I might start at 9999 and work down, instead of 0000
>>>>>> and work up.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, but that's just a stupid uneducated guess.  The search is still
>>>>> dumb.  If you use information about the distribution of numbers, even
>>>>> if you (intend to) search all combinations, it's not "brute force".
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>>>> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version.
>>
>>> Others don't speak English.  You definition makes no sense.
>>
>> No, it is your definition that does not make sense.  Go reread Richard
>> H.'s posting where he showed that by using your definition the
>> identical bit of code was both "brute force" and "not brute force"
>> simultaneously.
>
> Yeah, and I can prove 1=2, also.

But presumably you don't /believe/ that 1=2, so you know the proof is 
flawed and would be able either to point out the flaw yourself or to 
find an expert to do it for you. Kindly point out the flaw in my proof 
that your claim leads to a contradiction, then, or find someone who can. 
In the meantime, I stand by the claim.

>
>> Hint: the identical bit of code can't be both simultaneously.
>>
>> Therefore, your definition is the one that is wrong and makes no sense.
>
> Nonsense. It makes a *lot* more sense than yours.  Answer the
> question; are you using prior knowledge of the possible key, or not.

Is it, then, your position that it is not possible to determine whether 
a search is brute force or not without reference to the intent of the 
search's user?

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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#32940

FromJames Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Date2015-10-15 09:18 -0400
Message-ID<mvo8ur$db3$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#32930
On 10/15/2015 07:46 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 15/10/15 01:29, krw wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 02:13:45 +0000 (UTC), Rich <rich@example.invalid>
>> wrote:
...
>>> No, it is your definition that does not make sense.  Go reread Richard
>>> H.'s posting where he showed that by using your definition the
>>> identical bit of code was both "brute force" and "not brute force"
>>> simultaneously.

It was not "simultaneously" it was an intelligent attack when used
against it's intended target, and no better than brute force when used
against the wrong target. There's nothing odd about that. A cruise
missile loaded with the correct terrain information for reaching it's
target can select a very stealthy ground-hugging course to reach it's
target. One loaded with incorrect terrain information will likely end up
crashing into an obstacle it didn't know was there, somewhere along it's
path; it is no better than sending an ordinary ballistic missile to a
randomly chosen target.

...
>>> Hint: the identical bit of code can't be both simultaneously.

No, but the identical code can be an intelligent attack in the context
it was intelligently designed for, and no better than brute force when
misused in a context it was not designed for. I would hesitate to call
such an algorithm "brute force", though - "misapplied intelligent
attack" would be a more accurate description.

>>> Therefore, your definition is the one that is wrong and makes no sense.
>>
>> Nonsense. It makes a *lot* more sense than yours.  Answer the
>> question; are you using prior knowledge of the possible key, or not.
> 
> Is it, then, your position that it is not possible to determine whether 
> a search is brute force or not without reference to the intent of the 
> search's user?

It's not the intent of the user that matters: it's the relationship
between the intended target and the algorithm used. If a great deal of
intelligent effort has been expended to test first those passwords that
are, for the intended target, significantly more likely to be chosen,
then it is that intelligence that makes it not a brute force attack. If
the algorithm is then used against a target where the most likely
passwords are quite different, that's wasting the intelligence that went
into the design of the algorithm - it's no better than brute force,
though it would be more accurate to describe it as a mis-aimed
intelligent attack.
-- 
James Kuyper

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#32859

FromWilliam Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Date2015-10-14 02:13 +0000
Message-ID<mvkdp0$r97$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#32857
On 2015-10-14, krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:
..
>>
>>Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>>Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version. 
>
> Others don't speak English.  You definition makes no sense.  

Case closed.

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#32871

FromJoe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Date2015-10-13 21:32 -0600
Message-ID<1bsi5egm5n.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net>
In reply to#32856
William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> writes:

> On 2015-10-14, krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:16:43 +0100, Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 13/10/2015 18:02, krw wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:40:39 +0000 (UTC), William Unruh
>>>
>>>>> Sure it is. Brute force says nothing about the order in which all the
>>>>> keys are tried.
>>>>
>>>> Wrong.  That's exactly what the term means.  No thought, just pure
>>>> muscle.
>>>
>>>It can be a combination of logic and brute force (that's usually how I 
>>>solve puzzles with a machine instead of using an analytical solution).
>>
>> Surely, but that's not "brute force".
>>
>>>If I need to find a 4 digit PIN but somehow know it's more likely to be 
>>>in the top half, I might start at 9999 and work down, instead of 0000 
>>>and work up.
>>
>> OK, but that's just a stupid uneducated guess.  The search is still
>> dumb.  If you use information about the distribution of numbers, even
>> if you (intend to) search all combinations, it's not "brute force".
>>
>
> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version. 

(since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
is less brute than mine.

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#32874

FromDecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org>
Date2015-10-14 00:21 -0400
Message-ID<j2mr1b5h8bs3ggkt4gf4sf9bqhp24esdaf@4ax.com>
In reply to#32871
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:32:36 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Gave us:

>William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> writes:
>
>> On 2015-10-14, krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:16:43 +0100, Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 13/10/2015 18:02, krw wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:40:39 +0000 (UTC), William Unruh
>>>>
>>>>>> Sure it is. Brute force says nothing about the order in which all the
>>>>>> keys are tried.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wrong.  That's exactly what the term means.  No thought, just pure
>>>>> muscle.
>>>>
>>>>It can be a combination of logic and brute force (that's usually how I 
>>>>solve puzzles with a machine instead of using an analytical solution).
>>>
>>> Surely, but that's not "brute force".
>>>
>>>>If I need to find a 4 digit PIN but somehow know it's more likely to be 
>>>>in the top half, I might start at 9999 and work down, instead of 0000 
>>>>and work up.
>>>
>>> OK, but that's just a stupid uneducated guess.  The search is still
>>> dumb.  If you use information about the distribution of numbers, even
>>> if you (intend to) search all combinations, it's not "brute force".
>>>
>>
>> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version. 
>
>(since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>is less brute than mine.

  Thou brute!

  Or is that Et Tú Brutè?

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#32897

Fromkrw <krw@nowhere.com>
Date2015-10-14 20:30 -0400
Message-ID<qsst1b591jd87n3thbfgvlkhsod45n0f3p@4ax.com>
In reply to#32874
On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:21:41 -0400, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno
<DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:32:36 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
>Gave us:
>
>>William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> writes:
>>
>>> On 2015-10-14, krw <krw@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:16:43 +0100, Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 13/10/2015 18:02, krw wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:40:39 +0000 (UTC), William Unruh
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sure it is. Brute force says nothing about the order in which all the
>>>>>>> keys are tried.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wrong.  That's exactly what the term means.  No thought, just pure
>>>>>> muscle.
>>>>>
>>>>>It can be a combination of logic and brute force (that's usually how I 
>>>>>solve puzzles with a machine instead of using an analytical solution).
>>>>
>>>> Surely, but that's not "brute force".
>>>>
>>>>>If I need to find a 4 digit PIN but somehow know it's more likely to be 
>>>>>in the top half, I might start at 9999 and work down, instead of 0000 
>>>>>and work up.
>>>>
>>>> OK, but that's just a stupid uneducated guess.  The search is still
>>>> dumb.  If you use information about the distribution of numbers, even
>>>> if you (intend to) search all combinations, it's not "brute force".
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>>> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version. 
>>
>>(since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>>that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>>is less brute than mine.
>
>  Thou brute!
>
>  Or is that Et Tú Brutè?

That stinks!

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#32906

FromDecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org>
Date2015-10-14 21:09 -0400
Message-ID<d5vt1bhspeooat6kr45u6r19mjo2857egc@4ax.com>
In reply to#32897
On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:30:39 -0400, krw <krw@nowhere.com> Gave us:

>On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:21:41 -0400, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno
><DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:32:36 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
>>Gave us:
snip
>>>> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>>>> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version. 
>>>
>>>(since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>>>that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>>>is less brute than mine.
>>
>>  Thou brute!
>>
>>  Or is that Et Tú Brutè?
>
>That stinks!

  This isn't Denmark.

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#32935

FromRichard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Date2015-10-15 13:20 +0100
Message-ID<mvo5j8$vq7$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#32906
On 15/10/15 02:09, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno wrote:
>
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:30:39 -0400, krw <krw@nowhere.com> Gave us:
>
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:21:41 -0400, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno
>> <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:32:36 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
>>> Gave us:
> snip
>>>>> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>>>>> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version.
>>>>
>>>> (since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>>>> that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>>>> is less brute than mine.
>>>
>>>   Thou brute!
>>>
>>>   Or is that Et Tú Brutè?
>>
>> That stinks!
>
>    This isn't Denmark.

To be fair to DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno, that was actually quite funny.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Cf Marcellus in "Hamlet" Act I Scene IV

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#32938

FromDecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org>
Date2015-10-15 09:07 -0400
Message-ID<f59v1bpd3en6vu7411ve31p9ioel9tv09q@4ax.com>
In reply to#32935
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:20:54 +0100, Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Gave us:

>On 15/10/15 02:09, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:30:39 -0400, krw <krw@nowhere.com> Gave us:
>>
>>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:21:41 -0400, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno
>>> <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:32:36 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
>>>> Gave us:
>> snip
>>>>>> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>>>>>> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version.
>>>>>
>>>>> (since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>>>>> that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>>>>> is less brute than mine.
>>>>
>>>>   Thou brute!
>>>>
>>>>   Or is that Et Tú Brutè?
>>>
>>> That stinks!
>>
>>    This isn't Denmark.
>
>To be fair to DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno, that was actually quite funny.

  So was my subsequent, most recent response.

  And this one too....  

  Let them eat cake.

  But whatever you do...  do NOT vote for Donald J. Trump.  He is a
dishonorable criminal, and a political buffoon at best.

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#32876

FromWilliam Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Date2015-10-14 04:49 +0000
Message-ID<mvkmsj$ice$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#32871
On 2015-10-14, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
> William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> writes:
>>
>> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version. 
>
> (since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
> that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
> is less brute than mine.

Around here we have very intelligent brutes. 

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#32877

FromDecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org>
Date2015-10-14 00:56 -0400
Message-ID<n3or1bleo33naclv3vv7vkkinsnd2ov7e3@4ax.com>
In reply to#32876
On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 04:49:23 +0000 (UTC), William Unruh
<unruh@invalid.ca> Gave us:

>On 2015-10-14, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
>> William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> writes:
>>>
>>> Yes, we now know your own peculiar version of what "brute force" means.
>>> Accept that others (most others?) might have a different version. 
>>
>> (since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>> that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>> is less brute than mine.
>
>Around here we have very intelligent brutes. 

  Especially those New Mexico ruffians!

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#32878

FromKeith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Date2015-10-13 22:39 -0700
Message-ID<lnio6a9fgc.fsf@kst-u.example.com>
In reply to#32871
Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes:
[...]
> (since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
> that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
> is less brute than mine.

Not mine; I've been staying out of this discussion.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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#32880

FromRichard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Date2015-10-14 08:40 +0100
Message-ID<mvl0pr$dqv$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#32878
On 14/10/15 06:39, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes:
> [...]
>> (since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>> that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>> is less brute than mine.
>
> Not mine; I've been staying out of this discussion.

I'm guessing that Joe means krw, who is presumably known in s.c.d (by a 
process of elimination).

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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#32885

FromJoe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Date2015-10-14 15:01 -0600
Message-ID<1boag1go6d.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net>
In reply to#32880
Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:


> On 14/10/15 06:39, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes:
>> [...]
>>> (since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>>> that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>>> is less brute than mine.
>>
>> Not mine; I've been staying out of this discussion.
>
> I'm guessing that Joe means krw, who is presumably known in s.c.d (by
> a process of elimination).

Indeed that is who I meant; I've got no idea why "krw" was translated to
"Keith" when typing...

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#32894

FromDecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org>
Date2015-10-14 19:13 -0400
Message-ID<7bot1btrousbunjko2op6m5p84kppj2o6s@4ax.com>
In reply to#32885
On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:01:14 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Gave us:

>Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
>
>
>> On 14/10/15 06:39, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>> Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes:
>>> [...]
>>>> (since it sounds like Keith's definition and mine agree) I'll accept
>>>> that others have a different version, but I'll insist that their version
>>>> is less brute than mine.
>>>
>>> Not mine; I've been staying out of this discussion.
>>
>> I'm guessing that Joe means krw, who is presumably known in s.c.d (by
>> a process of elimination).
>
>Indeed that is who I meant; I've got no idea why "krw" was translated to
>"Keith" when typing...
>

  Because that is krw's first name.  Maybe you have ESP.

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