[Cryptography] I broke a cipher this week.

[Ray Dillinger]

On 05/22/2015 04:27 PM, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet wrote:
> It must be lack of imagination, but I can’t think of a single good reason why AES would not be an appropriate choice where this cipher-attempt might have been used… Why did that company entertain the idea of a non-standard cipher in the first place?!
> -— 
> Bertrand
> 


There is a certain degree of Hubris and a certain
degree of "Not Invented Here" involved.  Which,
unfortunately, is typical of certain industries.

In fact I'm surprised they allowed anyone outside
the company to examine their cipher before
deploying it.  But glad they did.

			Bear


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