Re: Working on new encryption algorithm.

From: aditya (truman_at_rediffmail.com)
Date: 08/21/03 

Date: 21 Aug 2003 14:42:43 -0700

>
> What is so groundbreakingly new that you have yet to offer? Oh look at
> my ciphertext
>
> C=4
>
> Now break the algorithm!
>
> That isn't science. That's you being an ass, writing some half-wit
> cipher so you can make a product that nobody would use anyways.
>
> My point is unless you are gonna go through the rigors of proper
> cipher design just scrap the design in your product and use a fielded
> and published cipher instead. I never said not to write your own
> cipher just not to use it in a product [e.g. a disservice to your
> company.]
>
>
> Oh "masters in math" yeah doing what, measuring angles or something?
> There is a lot to math besides crypto related math. Who says your
> degree is even related. As for "10 years programming". I have the
> same amount of time in [actually more if you count the vic-20 days,
> then its 16 years]. Big F'ing deal.
>
> To really design a cipher people will use you have to be able to break
> designs or at least theoretical models of designs. Until you can do
> things like that you are not qualified to design a cipher.
>
>
> No, you seem to fail to actually read what people write. By posting a
> random ciphertext you are not accomplishing the goal of determining if
> the cipher is secure. You are just finding out that you are the
> billionth person todo this challenge idea and quite frankly it's
> fucking annoying.
>
> Tom

I agree with you, Tom. He wont. Its far too high for him to catch(and
understand) your words.

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