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Another Story of Bad 1970s Encryption

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This one is from the Netherlands. It seems to be clever cryptanalysis rather than a backdoor. The Dutch intelligence service has been able to read encrypted communications from dozens of countries since the late 1970s thanks to a microchip, according t… Continue reading Another Story of Bad 1970s Encryption→

Another Story of Bad 1970s Encryption

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This one is from the Netherlands. It seems to be clever cryptanalysis rather than a backdoor. The Dutch intelligence service has been able to read encrypted communications from dozens of countries since the late 1970s thanks to a microchip, according to research by de Volkskrant on Thursday. The Netherlands could eavesdrop on confidential communication from countries such as Iran, Egypt… Continue reading Another Story of Bad 1970s Encryption→

Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

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NIST has completed a study — it was published last year, but I just saw it recently — calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard. From the conclusion: The result of performing that operation on the series of cumulated bene… Continue reading Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard→

Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

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NIST has completed a study — it was published last year, but I just saw it recently — calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard. From the conclusion: The result of performing that operation on the series of cumulated benefits extrapolated for the 169 survey respondents finds that present value of benefits from today’s perspective is approximately… Continue reading Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard→