[Cryptography] RSA is dead.

[Dirk-Willem van Gulik]

On 22 Dec 2013, at 13:53, Ralf Senderek <crypto at senderek.ie> wrote:

> Isn't the most obvious conclusion that no crypto tool can be secure if it
> is not open source? Even if there is no guarantee that the code is

If you (or a small team) are good enough to write crypto code that has no side channels, no timing issues across the branches (or power surges twiddling coils in what seems to a fashionable manner) - then you darn well should be able to squeeze in a little channel of your own. Defence & building is always harder than a single offence or pointed destruction.

I doubt that this is a technical issue; it is a social and geopolitical one. Having some french, german and russian folks agree with their American and Chinese brethren on something is a good start.

Dw.

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