> "There are, of course, obstacles that must still be overcome by EKMI > proponents. For example, the proposed components are somewhat simple > by design, which concerns some encryption purists who prefer more > complex protocols, on the logic that they're more difficult to break > into."
Let me first say that from the discussion here I now get the impression that this is how criticism of the EKMI spec is being characterized by its supporters. Their critics are "encryption purists". I'm not sure what that means but it sounds kind of like "people who believe in security over simplicity". An example where this concern might arise would be an overly simplistic protocol that used AES in ECB mode - "simple by design", while the "encryption purist" advocated GCM, "more difficult to break into" but more complex. Now, I'm sure EKMI is not doing things this way but it is an example where "simple" would not look good to "encryption purists". Hal Finney --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
