Re: Is crypto developed the way it should?

2014-08-03 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 3 Aug 2014 17:16 +0200, from lazyvi...@gmx.com (B): > * Is C a good candidate to write crypto? >NOT AT ALL, a _very strict_ language should be used instead, >such as ADA (think contracts, and do not think it is slow). >Programs have bugs, we all know that, but crypto bugs are >

Re: Is crypto developed the way it should? - [WAS: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir]

2014-08-03 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 04 Aug 2014 04:08:15 +1000 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > All good points, trouble I see is that even /good/ teams can become > violated by someone ... NSA working with NIST is one example; This is why an international team is important, with redundant checks and controls. > I'm > not going

Re: Is crypto developed the way it should? - [WAS: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir]

2014-08-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 4/08/2014 1:16 AM, B wrote: > The question raise the underlying problems: > * Should we pay for good crypto (and very good cryptanalysis)? > I think YES (stop yelling, think crowfunding;), because > good crypto skills are rare and thus expensive; > furthermore, we need stable

Is crypto developed the way it should? - [WAS: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir]

2014-08-03 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 10:43:18 -0400 Harry Putnam wrote: > Gack,,, I duplicated your posted URL before seeing your post You will rot in a windows-only hell for that! (without a debugger) *<;-p) The question raise the underlying problems: * Is crypto a specialist affair? YES it is, indeed. *