Chapter 17: Honorable Sanctions
It's not just them, RSA Crypto is just a company after all, and there are many things they can't do.
And those matters will be solved by the government of the regent state.
At the beginning of April, Dianshu Company was honorably added to the sanctions list of the Regent State, becoming the first company to be sanctioned by the Regency State in South Africa.
In contrast, OFILM, which is also in the southern capital, was accused of forced labor by the Southern Continent Strategic Policy Institute in March, and there was a lot of uproar at this time, although the matter was not as hot as the announcement of RSA's effective search algorithm, but there was a faint tendency to be added to the sanctions.
As a result, who would have thought that the suddenly slaughtered Dianshu company "took the lead" and only used an encryption algorithm to enter the sanctions list in just ten days.
The reason is also very strange, it is that the regent state accused Dianshu of not reporting to them before researching the fully homomorphic encryption algorithm, and did not participate in the collection of anti-quantum cryptography algorithms, which is a "black algorithm" that "smuggles".
Han Junmin said that they were not surprised at all by what they did, and this was indeed something they could do.
It's like starting a war because of a little tooth cleaning powder.
They have never changed, freedom and equality are theirs, and it has nothing to do with the life and death of others.
The Han military and civilians have never thought of outperforming each other in business, the slogan of fair trade or something, and the actual situation is what it is now - since I can't defeat you, then I will sanction you.
However, the principle of efficient fully homomorphic encryption algorithm is there, and it is up to anyone to verify its feasibility.
Soon the countries of the Blue Dome ushered in a difficult multiple-choice question, after verification, everyone knew that the efficient fully homomorphic encryption algorithm was good, but they did not have a product that could be directly put into use, because the construction of the system took a certain amount of time to carry out.
Even if everyone waits for more than half a year to build it, then we can't ignore another question - to use it or not?
Software algorithms are also patented, and it is not right for them to do so, regardless of whether they are sanctioned or not.
It's not that everyone has the spirit of patent protection, but compared to an encryption algorithm, they have more patent monopoly on Zhu Chi.
It's nothing to get it out and use it secretly, but everyone knows that as long as this thing dares to be used publicly, it will be equivalent to tearing the skin of patent protection, and Zhu Chi's counterattack will make them unbearable.
Today they dare to use an efficient fully homomorphic encryption algorithm privately, and tomorrow Zhu Chi will be able to reproduce their sky-high patented drug into a "civilian version".
Zhu Chi was only forced to die by an encryption company, and it is not even certain that it will be able to force Dianshu to death, and Zhu Chi's government will definitely help Dianshu Company as it did before and let them hold on.
On the other hand, all the pharmaceutical R&D companies will be forced to die, and it is difficult to save them if they want to.
Patents in medicine alone can make Zhu Chi take advantage of the great benefits, and no matter how greedy governments are for anti-quantum cryptography, they can still distinguish the priorities.
The quantum era has not officially come, and this anti-quantum cryptography matter, of course, can be talked about slowly.
In order to clarify everyone's position, the Regent State urgently convened a global co-construction and sharing meeting on the quantum-resistant cryptography protocol the day after the sanctions list was announced.
It can be shown that anyone with an eye can see who the main target of this meeting is, under the strong and powerful active propaganda and guidance of the official, coupled with the "anti-pollution action" that just passed some time ago, Zhu Chi's Internet can be called a gong and drum for a while.
Although there was no war, the atmosphere was comparable to a big victory, and the "Rational Party" and "Singing and Declining Party", which were active on weekdays, were all muted after no one took the initiative to lead the rhythm.
Even official media such as Zhu Chi News have personally gone down to work on the short video social platform, and the adapted magical songs have detonated the topic of the whole network.
The carnival on the Internet has been noisy for a week, and people no longer feel disappointed and lose confidence in Zhu Chi's company being sanctioned by the Regency State, which has become a shot in the arm, making people think more and more deeply about whether it is necessary for them to take their words and deeds as holy decrees, and whether Zhu Chi's standards are to move towards the Concurrent Regency State, or to forge out of their own path in steady progress.
In response to this question, the stock market gave an answer, and OFILM was accused of forced labor by the Southern Continent Strategic Policy Institute, which led to a continuous dive in the stock in March.
After the new sanctions list and the announcement of the emergency meeting, their stock gradually reversed in a week, not only rising back to the stock price of 10 days ago, but if this trend continues, it may recover the stock price before the accusation and usher in a small wave of growth within 10 days.
People do not share the joys and sorrows of people, and unlike Zhu Chi's noise, the atmosphere of RSA Crypto Company, which is far away across the ocean, has dropped to freezing point in the past week.
Indeed, at present, except for Zhu Chi's local company, no company from other countries has patronized Dianshu Company, but those companies have not patronized them.
If the next global co-construction and sharing meeting of the anti-quantum cryptography agreement still does not take further measures against Dianshu company, or maintain this painless sanction, then they really have to consider whether to replace the encryption product.
In order to maintain the noble dignity of the company in the past, RSA Crypto did not choose to contact the other party as soon as the contract expired, let alone reduce the price on its own.
Even if many companies have lowered the price of their products when negotiating new contracts, they still have not taken the initiative to reduce prices, and still maintain their arrogance and reserve.
Amid their worries about the future, the day came April 11, the day before the meeting.
Although this is an urgent meeting, it is impossible to announce today that it will be convened tomorrow, even if it is too soon, to be invited to governments.
As agreed by all parties, the meeting was scheduled for 12 April.
On the eve of this, the company unexpectedly received an invitation letter, which roughly means that the research representatives of the company were invited to participate in the conference in the Gulf state of the regent state to jointly promote the construction of the quantum-resistant cryptography system.
The tone of the invitation letter is sincere, and it sounds like they are very sincere, but considering that this kind of invitation is almost a set of templates shared by all countries, it is difficult to think that they are not sincere.
The key is to see the time, the day before the meeting to send him the invitation, whether it is to despise them, or not to want to see them at all, the meaning is very clear.
Besides, the Dianshu company is still on the sanctions list, and all the employees of the Dianshu company can't pass the customs if they go to apply for a visa, and this invitation is simply a product of making a show, if you sincerely invite them, you can directly lift the sanctions, let their algorithm enter the market of the regent country, and use the market to test it.
So when this invitation was sent to Yan An, he just glanced at it and threw it into the trash, not to mention their lofty posture, even if it was useless to put the attitude of the regent state low, it was impossible for him to go to the regent state.
BT wouldn't have agreed to him going to the Regent to attend that meeting.
It's 100% safe when you go, but it's not necessarily the case when you come back.
"Would you like us to have a similar meeting?" Gao Shenghan asked on the side.
As far as he knows, the regent seems to be playing seriously, and the scale of this conference not only covers all governments, but also invites all the world's top research teams that have made achievements in anti-quantum cryptography.
The establishment of Dianshu Company is not to allow Zhu Chi's local company to better use fully homomorphic cryptography products, but to plant its own banner in the global cryptography field.
Yan An was silent and did not answer immediately, but carefully read the results reports submitted by other research groups on the desktop, except for the efficient fully homomorphic encryption algorithm.
After a long time, he threw the report to Gao Shenghan and motioned for him to look at it too, "If we also hold a meeting, wouldn't it be like learning from them." Since you have lagged behind others in this point from the beginning, there is no need to blindly imitate them.
Besides, when the quantum-resistant cryptography protocol needs to be discussed with them, we should be the makers of the protocol!
Only we can talk about things in this field! Don't work for those guys who can't even get some results. ”
His words were very domineering, but fortunately, there were only the two of them in this office, so he didn't have to worry about causing unnecessary criticism in the ears of a third person.
Gao Shenghan took a closer look at the report he handed over, and his face immediately showed joy.
"The 'Lantern Festival' has completed the construction of the system? And it is fully compatible with 'high efficiency', so as long as we use our products in the future, we can seamlessly switch between 'Lantern Festival' and 'high efficiency'? ”
Not only can it be switched at will, but it is equivalent to being able to choose between these two products at will as long as the encryption protocol set by Dianshu Company is used in the future, which greatly expands the choice and enhances their attractiveness and core competitiveness.
"It's not just 'Lantern Festival', 'low ciphertext' and other encryption algorithms are almost complete, and the protocol they use is also the same, now it is a protocol, there are seven options, what do you think?"
"Needless to say." Gao Shenghan excitedly put the report on the table, he understood why Yan An was so confident.
Now, he also has the same confidence, even if he doesn't take them to play in a meeting, with this password agreement, all the plans of the regent country will be frustrated.
No businessman will not be impressed by this, and no researcher will not despair about it.
Pursue? How to catch up, one of their teams tried their best to develop an algorithm, and if they wanted to compete with the Dianshu company, they only had seven teams to do their best at the same time, even so, the algorithms they each developed may not be able to share a set of protocols, and it is an unattainable luxury to resist the court.
"By the way, it doesn't seem that this agreement has been named yet, do you have any ideas? Or is it simply called a fully homomorphic encryption protocol? ”
"Hmm......" Yan An thought seriously for a while, the fully homomorphic encryption protocol is direct and obvious enough, so that people can know that this protocol is the leader when they hear it.
But he thought of a more apt name, "What do you think—how about the 'Funny Egg Protocol'?" ”
Gao Shenghan: Σ(°△ °|||)