>These two papers will be presented at AES in New York in April: > >http://www.counterpane.com/serpent-aes.html >http://www.counterpane.com/mars-attacks.html Gotta rev up the consulting biz, don't we ? How about "I broke all reduced-to-zero-rounds AES ciphers" ? Or some equally highly relevant trashing that fills time and flashes the name ? It is sickening how the number of intelligent papers on Crypto conferences dwindled down to 1-2 in the last 2 years, and to negative on AES.