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Re:If You Can’t Break Crypto, Break the Client: Recovery of ... by salgernon on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:11PM (#11458016)
I think you misunderstand him? If the crypto of a system is assumed to be correct, then that is the last place to look for a vulnerability.

Better to look at what lies on either side without relying on the pipe being vulnerable.

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Re:If You Can’t Break Crypto, Break the Client: Recovery of ... by update on Saturday April 09, 2016 @01:17AM (#11460048)
"Don't bother trying to break encryption, break [whatever] implements the encryption instead"

that's how i interpreted it

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