On 08/16/2013 11:36 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
You need to know how to attack ciphers if you want to critique them.
That's why you need a formidable enough reputation, and even possibly an AES-style competition, to get enough public crypto talent beating on your algorithm.
And even that isn't always enough to spot weaknesses.
Cryptography is an odd world. Having extremely clear understanding about being extremely obfuscatory.
-kb, the Kent who remains a fan of one-time-pads, and with gigantic capacity, physically tiny micro SD cards, they acquire a practicality Cold War spies could only dream of.
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