re clipper considered harmful tedwards eng umd edu thomas grant edwards writes if these personal attacks are what stopped prof denning from replying on issues of substance they have cause real harm to the serious debate here they are and they have if prof denning is afraid of posting here due to personal attacks perhaps she should use an anonymous posting service that is why they are there to allow heated debate to occur without the personal attacks er people are going to make personal attacks on prof denning whether she posts here or not that much should be obvious from looking at the traffic over the last few weeks therefore i conclude that the existence of personal attacks is irrelevant to any decision concerning whether to post i suspect that prof denning is actually using the attacks as an excuse for not posting and that the real reason for the silence is that clipper is not the sort of proposal any self respecting cryptographer can support via reasoned argument mathew if you want to have constructive discussions here and more importantly be taken seriously by your peers you may wish to consider shaping up advice i was offered by david sternlight
