... with our little discussion on the ACM last meeting this fits right in there ...The 2012 ACM Turing Award has been announced -- advances in cryptography :-) I remember that paper being discussed while I was in 3rd year comp sci ...

http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/2013/turing-award-12

I find good value in ACM membership ... for those not aware, here are the benefits:

http://www.acm.org/membership/benefits https://campus.acm.org/public/qj/brandingqj/cacm_reasons.cfm

Dan.