phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] Withdrawal of the PHC submission Catfish

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:50:34 +0200
From: Krisztián Pintér <pinterkr@...il.com>
To: discussions@...sword-hashing.net
Subject: Re: [PHC] Withdrawal of the PHC submission Catfish

Bo Zhu (at Saturday, April 12, 2014, 2:29:12 PM):

>Due to certain unanticipated administration issues, we regret to
>tell that we have to withdraw our design Catfish from the password
>hashing competition.

i'm not entirely sure that you can do that though. you can certainly
ask the panel to exclude your proposal from the final set. but
otherwise, your algorithm is now out there and available for everyone,
due to your statement in the pdf:

> The scheme is and will remain available worldwide on a royalty free
> basis

maybe except if you did not have ownership of the algorithm in the
first place?

anyway, i don't know what's going on, but i'm already not liking it.