Re: "Alien" cryptanalysis

From: JohnTromaville (johntromaville_at_aol.com)
Date: 05/21/03 

Date: 20 May 2003 23:47:20 GMT

>
> The AES method was not really a fair open contest. I think
>its reasonable to assume the NSA can break it or it would not
>have blessed it.

I may be wrong but hasn't NESSIE said that AES is ok for use? - Given that
Europe is a bit paranoid about the US listening in I find it hard to believe
NESSIE would have passed it. Europe has as many good crypto people as US/NSA
does surely.

anyway not want to get into that debate. If you don't trust AES and you don't
trust say GOST just double encipher with both GOST and AES (so long as the
speed is not an issue) .. I think I'm safe in saying the Russians aren't in
league with the NSA.

Trom

Relevant Pages

  • Re: What NSA?
    ... NSA historically has an excellent record of keeping secrets, ... > of USA rests on the safety of AES. ... Many modern ciphers are simply not practical to break, ... is likely to be the most secure component of a cryptosystem by far, ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Re: Virtual Matrix Encryption
    ... >> strong as any of the AES contenders. ... Let's assume they have the algorithm. ... AES has not been broken by NSA and wouldn't be in the following ... You will not find such guarantees to go with any cipher. ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Re: Die Mittel des BSI =?ISO-8859-1?Q?f=FCr_die_Online_Dur?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?chsuchun
    ... "AES" ausgerufen hat? ... Erstens kam die Initiative von NIST, das bei der NSA nachgefragt hat: geht sowas ueberhaupt?, und nicht andersherum, ... Sobald die Chiffre bekannt wird, sieht das natürlich wieder anders aus... ...
    (de.org.ccc)
  • Re: Which algorithm would YOU choose for...
    ... >> I can't imagine why my faith in NIST, NSA, Rijmen, Daeman, and the ... >Any reliance on faith instead of knowledge troubles me. ... I do believe that you've never heard any experienced NSA cryptographer ... claim that it is highly unlikely that AES will ever be broken. ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Re: Canadian cryptoperiod guidelines
    ... > Canada would play fast and loose with their own SECRET traffic, ... > must have had extensive conversations with NSA on the subject. ... US doctrine is to use only classified algorithms implemented in ... of thinking that AES is insecure; it's part of a defense-in-depth strategy. ...
    (sci.crypt)
Loading