Why You Cannot Even Hope to use Gröbner Bases in Public Key Cryptography: An Open Letter to a Scientist Who Failed and a Challenge to Those Who Have Not Yet Failed

In the magical art of Steganography, there is nothing frivolous, nor contrary to the Gospels and the Catholic faith; nor have we taught superstitious beliefs. Everything is based on natural, lawful and honest principles; the mystery which veils the precepts of this art and the names of the spirits, requires a cultivated reader; to hide the secrets of this art, which could be harmful if made known to wicked men, we avail ourselves of the services of the spirits. Johannes Trithemius, Steganographia The air is influenced by astral emanations. So one can, naturally and without spiritual help, communicate his thoughts to another man, however large the distance between them. This I have seen done, I did myself and was done by Trithemius… In the same way, one can broadcast in the air any image, however far, by means of mirrors… The image will be, through large distances, seen by a conscious reader in the lunar disc; this artifice was used by Pythagoras. H.C Agrippa De OccultaPhilosophia Itʹs better to have loved and lost than to have liked and tied for second Anonymous