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- From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: New Encryption Method - a Challenge!
- Message-ID: <1drkrbINNkgh@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 18:53:31 GMT
- References: <n0e07t@ofa123.fidonet.org> <BxKAL5.LoE@metaflow.com>
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- In article <BxKAL5.LoE@metaflow.com> rschnapp@metaflow.com (Russ Schnapp) writes:
- >Nobody has the time to reverse engineer an algorithm starting from
- >square one -- it is a long, tedious process, the first time 'round, unless
- >the code is ridiculously trivial.
-
-
- The point which should be made (in the FAQ at least, and probably here) is
- that the fact that no one reading this group wants to take this time does
- not imply that the method is secure. This attempt goes under the name
- "security by obscurity" and protects only against lazy attackers. A system
- which is secure only against lazy attackers isn't worth anything.
-
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