Columbia crypto box

[Steven M. Bellovin]

In message <adh5ojik.fsf at optushome.com.au>, Faust writes:
>> Apparently some folks skipped class the day Kerchhoffs'
>> Principle was covered.
>
>While this is obvious to the oldtimers, I had to look Kerkhoffs principle 
>( and found that it is the old injunction against security by obscurity ).
>

You can find Kerchhoffs' original work at 
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fapp2/kerckhoffs , in French and English.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
		http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)



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