calling all French-reading cryptologers - Kerckhoff's 6 principles needs a translation

[Ian G]

It's been a year or so since this was raised, perhaps there are
some French reading cryptologers around now?

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 Financial Cryptography Update: HCI/security - start with Kerckhoff's 6
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                              May 01, 2005
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It seems that interest in the nexus at HCI (human computer interface)
and security continues to grow.  For my money I'd say we should start
at Kerckhoff's 6 principles.

http://www.financialcryptography.com/mt/archives/000195.html

Now, unfortunately we have only the original paper in French, so we can
only guess at how he derived his 6 principles:

http://www.petitcolas.net/fabien/kerckhoffs/index.html

Are there any French crypto readers out there who could have a go at
translating this?  Kerckhoff was a Dutchman, and perhaps this means we
need to find Dutch cryptographers who can understand all his nuances...
 Nudge, nudge...

(Ideally the way to start this, I suspect, is to open up a translation
in a Wiki.  Then, people can debate the various interpretations over an
evolving document.  Just a guess - but are there any infosec wikis out
there?)

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