Re: [cs-pdcdca] Re: [ProgSoc] A questions

[Marcin Lubonski <marcin@nospam.it.uts.edu.au>]

That is nice to meet someone who is interested in the cryptography which
is the practical implementation of the part of matematics which is the
oldest - theory of numbers. (and most fascinating for me ;) )

The information that AES is not secure is not a surprise... it was a
matter of time.

Marcin.
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Encryption is mathematical warfare. Mathematics is the universal language.
Encryption is secrecy. Secrecy is a declaration of war.

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Catie Flick wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 08:02 PM, Marcin Lubonski wrote:
> >
> > Noone will convince me to use AES (new stantard introduced I think in
> > 2000) or any of this "safe" encryptions (or protocols) ... ;P
> >
>
> Well, the Rijndael cypher does have a potential flaw, which was
> documented in its paper, which you can read about here:
> http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/crypto/co040401.htm
> But there are ways to circumvent it, also documented there. the
> In fact, this guy's website is all very interesting if you're into the
> history of cryptography:
> http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/crypto/intro.htm
>
> And finally, I'd also like to thank Bernard for his lovely summary of
> the philosophy of mathematics - after just having completed a course on
> it this semester (at USyd) I can say that it is definitely a subject
> fun to investigate, though mind-boggling when you start to look at
> things like quantum computing with regard to it :-) In fact, when
> quantum computing and quantum cryptography become mainstream, a lot of
> this sort of discussion (which algorithm is best, etc.) will be
> somewhat moot :-) (http://www.qubit.org/library/intros/crypt.html for
> an intro to quantum cryptography).
>
> Anyway, more interesting reading for those who like these topics!
>
> Catie
>


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