Strength in Complexity?

[Peter Gutmann]

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry at piermont.com> writes:

>No. In fact, it is about as far from the truth as I've ever seen. No real
>expert would choose to deliberately make a protocol more complicated.

IPsec.  Anything to do with PKI.  XMLdsig.  Gimme a few minutes and I can
provide a list as long as your arm.  Protocol designers *love* complexity.
The more complex and awkward they can make a protocol, the better it has to
be.

Peter.

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