Re: [cryptography] [info] The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)

2012-03-21 Thread ianG
On 19/03/12 12:31 PM, ianG wrote: ... So after a lot of colour, it is not clear if they can break AES. Yet. OK. But that is their plan. And they think they can do it, within their foreseeable future. So, step into NSA's shoes. If there is a timeline here we (NSA) worked out we can break

Re: [cryptography] [info] The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)

2012-03-21 Thread Marsh Ray
On 03/21/2012 08:54 PM, ianG wrote: Or, is the advantage that CBC and other modes have - obfuscation of the ciphertext with variation stolen from the plaintext - of such low value in the scheme of things that these things make no difference? Just thinking out loud here. CBC certainly seems