On Jan 29, 1999, zentara wrote:
...
> [...] It is clunky, but
> you are secure in the knowledge that you choose
> the encryption method.
This is a *critical* point he makes. Don't choose *any* black box
crypto system unless you know that it uses secure algos. There are
plenty of examples to prove that anyone can write crypto algos, but
very few can write secure ones. A rot13 cypher or a substitution cypher
with a short key inside that black box is worse than useless.
Howard Arons
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