From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: A matter of interest.
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:12:45 +0000
Date: 2014-11-30T18:12:45+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lysih0muaq.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f99e6781-f877-47cb-93bd-0036791be090@googlegroups.com
brbarkstrom@gmail.com writes:
> I do not believe that a new cryptographic algorithm can be trusted
> until it has been published and attacked by competent cryptanalysts.
> The classic text is
>
> Schneier, B., 1996: Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms,
> and Source Code in C, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY
>
> If the algorithm hasn't been published, the usual term would be
> "security by obscurity." It doesn't work.
To be fair to Austin, he has published his work-in-progress.
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-30 12:10 A matter of interest Austin Obyrne
2014-11-30 12:49 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-30 13:24 ` Austin Obyrne
2014-11-30 16:09 ` Björn Lundin
2014-11-30 17:07 ` brbarkstrom
2014-11-30 18:12 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2014-11-30 19:56 ` brbarkstrom
2014-12-01 16:24 ` Denis McMahon
2014-12-01 20:29 ` Austin Obyrne
2014-12-01 23:49 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-12-02 2:24 ` David Botton
2014-12-02 7:52 ` mrvmurray
2014-12-02 2:43 ` Austin Obyrne
2014-12-03 3:40 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-12-01 19:36 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2014-12-01 19:48 ` mrvmurray
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