Huh? His papers are public. The only thing unpublished on that site is an old crypto class from the '90s.

Exactly. The question is, what possible legal justification argues for censoring the 90's course material regarding his Bernstein v. United States?

There isn't one. He could publish it if he wanted to. He just doesn't want to. That page is ancient. And none of this has anything to do with this story.

>There isn't one. He could publish it if he wanted to. He just doesn't want to.

Incorrect.

"....These pages will eventually be open to the public. Right now they are inaccessible pending resolution of my court case."

>And none of this has anything to do with this story.

Wrong again:

>...will make it harder for people to understand how crypto and hardware work, which is a shame. -tptacek

Advice:

In the future, as you reply to other's comments, read carefully with due consideration or you will continue to shoot yourself in the foot.

I don't think you know what you're talking about. There are much more comprehensive US academic crypto resources than Bernstein's old page. Researchers routinely publish crypto research. The page you're pointing to is an artifact of '90s crypto policy.

I know enough to know it requires years of study to participate with "...Researchers routinely publish crypto research." For many of us on HN, including myself, what is more valuable is what is canonical textbook and more accessible. I would welcome being facile in '90s crypto policy'.

I'm not smart enough to understand what this comment is trying to say.

It's saying roughly "I know enough to know that it takes years of study before you can read research papers in crypto. I am happy just to read canonical textbook resources, even if they are from the 90s"

I think you could have tried a little bit harder to understand it before posting. Obviously English wasn't the author's first language and there's a risk that the author might perceive an insult to his English language skills. It's really nice that HN is a discussion between people with a wide variety of native languages as I'm certain you'd agree.

"Obviously English wasn't the author's first language"?

Are you saying it's not obvious? (e3pi hope you don't mind us discussing your post in this way!)

It is not clear that's what it is being said.