Thursday, May 15, 2003

A basic rule of cryptography is to use published, public, algorithms and protocols. This principle was first stated in 1883 by Auguste Kerckhoffs: in a well-designed cryptographic system, only the key needs to be secret; there should be no secrecy in the algorithm. Modern cryptographers have embraced this principle, calling anything else "security by obscurity." http://www.counterpane.com./crypto-gram-0205.html#1 11:15:43 PM    comment []

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