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Photuirs & signature - protocol vs. algorithm

Ran Atkinson writes:

> 4.
>   It is true that the theoretical cryptography community and the
> computer networking community do not share the same meaning for the
> term "protocol".  The former uses "protocol" in a way that the latter
> would generally use "algorithm".  Neither group is wrong, but perhaps
> it is helpful to remind folks of this.  I don't find flames on this
> matter to be constructive.  We all need to try to cooperate and work
> together here. :-)

In a distributed, network environment, a protocol is (should be)
a collection of algorithms, one for each participant.

Cheers,
Juan

PS 'hope this comment doesn't place me (at least completely)
   in the theoretician camp! :-)