Novel new use of PGP keysigning sessions

[Brian Gladman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Barnes" <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
To: <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Novel new use of PGP keysigning sessions


> At 2001-05-25 09:57:58+0000, Matthew Pemble writes:
>
> > Not specifically software, but I remember reading in one of the IEE
> > proceedings about an experimental evolutionary approach to ASIC design.
>
> That was Adrian Thompson at Sussex.  His home page is
> <http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/adrianth/ade.html>.  New Scientist
> covered the circuit you mentuin here:
> <http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/ai/primordial.html>.
>
> Search for "evolvable hardware"

For reasons I have explained in my ongoing debate with Owen Lewis, it seems
to me that evolutionary design techniques might be able to achieve designs
that are better in some senses than those that result from directed design
efforts.

But since I am guilty (with Owen's dedicated assistance) of taking us way
off topic, perhaps I can attempt to bring us back to reality by asking if
anyone is aware of any attempts to use approaches that mimic evolution in
the design of secure systems?

   Brian