In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Faust writes: >> Apparently some folks skipped class the day Kerchhoffs' >> Principle was covered. > >While this is obvious to the oldtimers, I had to look Kerkhoffs principle >( and found that it is the old injunction against security by obscurity ). >
You can find Kerchhoffs' original work at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fapp2/kerckhoffs , in French and English. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me) http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
