Papers about "Algorithm hiding" ?

[Scott Guthery]

Isn't this what Rivest's "Chaffing and Winnowing" is all about?

http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~rivest/chaffing.txt

Cheers, Scott

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[mailto:owner-cryptography at metzdowd.com] On Behalf Of Hadmut Danisch
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:51 PM
To: cryptography at metzdowd.com
Subject: Papers about "Algorithm hiding" ?

Hi,

you most probably have heard about the court case where the presence of
encryption software on a computer was viewed as evidence of criminal
intent.

http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0505/opa040381-0503.ht
m
http://news.com.com/Minnesota+court+takes+dim+view+of+encryption/2100-10
30_3-5718978.html



Plenty of research has been done about information hiding.
But this special court case requires "algorithm hiding" as a kind of
response. Do you know where to look for papers about this subject?

What about designing an algorithm good for encryption which someone can
not prove to be an encryption algorithm?


regards
Hadmut


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