thx agn bra! On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/7/2015 9:57 PM, Open eSignForms wrote: > >> >> On 1/7/15 4:24 PM, listo factor wrote: >> >>> On 01/06/2015 09:12 PM, Kevin wrote: >>> >>> I figured I'd start building my own open source encryption algorithm: >>>> https://github.com/kjsisco/qode >>>> >>> >>> I find the reaction from the list somewhat surprising. >>> >>> Some years ago, I had a neighbour that was building a moon-landing >>> spacecraft in his backyard. Obviously, he never landed on the moon, >>> but he learned a whole lot of useful things: for instance, holding >>> a hammer close to the head instead of at the end of the handle will >>> not substantially reduce the likelihood of hitting the thumb. >>> >>> He did try to sell maiden-voyage seat reservations. I have no idea >>> if he collected any money, but if he did, I would not blame him, >>> I would blame those that coughed up their coin. >>> >> Grumbling is common. Variety is the spice of life, and it's also useful >> against issues of monoculture to protect against subsequent discoveries of >> backdoors or implementation vulnerabilities, published or not. This does >> not endorse the use of homegrown algorithms over any of the various well >> established and more vetted algorithms that researchers (and crackers) have >> analyzed, especially for anything of value. Such apps generally require >> the use of established crypto anyway, and sadly are often enough insecure >> because of misuse or flawed key management. >> >> It's hard to know if homegrown crypto is much of a learning experience, >> though, because it's so hard to tell if it's actually secure. As I said >> before, most crypto looks secure because the ciphertext generally looks >> like gibberish, whether secure or not. There's no easy way to test an >> algorithm compared to that neighbor's spacecraft. But if you are not a >> high value target, your crypto may provide adequate security as there's >> unlikely a cabal who will invest the resources to attempt to crack it. >> Life is short and freedom to explore is your right! >> _______________________________________________ >> cryptography mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >> > This is off topic and I'm sorry, but did he really try to build a > spacecraft? Oh my. The point is, I put the algorithm out in the wild. Do > with it what you will. If nothing else, it's a brain exercise. You're > welcome internet. > > > -- > Kevin > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >
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