> > Public-key cryptography is less well-understood than symmetric-key > cryptography. It is also tetchier than symmetric-key crypto, and if you pay > attention to us talking about issues with nonces, counters, IVs, chaining > modes, and all that, you see that saying that it's tetchier than that is a > warning indeed.
You have the same issues with nonces, counters, etc. with symmetric crypto so I don't see how that makes it preferable over public key crypto. Jaap-Henk _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
