[Cryptography] Formal definition of lightweight crypto

[Bill Frantz]

On 1/1/16 at 10:33 PM, jon at callas.org (Jon Callas) wrote:

>This is the idea of lightweight crypto. It is doing something 
>useful — an authenticity seal that might otherwise be done by 
>a plastic hologram seal or whatever — but it's not something 
>that will keep a government out. It's just more expensive to 
>make a counterfeit seal than the product is worth.

Another possible direction is block crypto with small block 
sizes. It wouldn't be useful for large amounts of data, but 
there may be a niche for it on small devices with low data requirements.

Cheers - Bill

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