Crypto researchers abuzz over flaws

word.: The raw security issue, "what can we secure for how long," is eclipsed in the real world by "what can we claim is sufficiently costly to attack for how long and at what cost to us right now." And that's in the relatively few instances where the question is coherently asked at all.

Better math isn't as bad for security so much as it's annoying for business. Intel wins either way.

The bottom line, I guess, is that cascading mixing functions aren't going away anytime soon, but we shouldn't be surprised if new standards cause the throughput of hashing to decrease by 10-20% over the next 10-20 years. And not only does provably-good math not make a secure system, believed-good math makes it easier to sell insecure systems.; Posted by: feralchimp Posted on: 08/19/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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I could be wrong but.... computer_man | 08/17/04

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word. feralchimp | 08/19/04

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