Re:Google AI invents its own cryptographic algorithm
by stefs on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:27PM
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i have to admit, i don't really see the point of this (i admit not having read the paper though):
> It's a random key paired with a random plaintext for each input. In the experiments, the key is the same length as the plaintext.
this practically means the networks only have to implement XOR for perfect security (a one time pad).
maybe you're studying something different i don't understand, but why wouldn't it be more sensible to limit the key size?
i.e.: why didn't you train the network to create a key stream? i'm not a cryptographer, but in this case you'd only have to train two networks (the keystream generator bob and the attacker carol).
> It's a random key paired with a random plaintext for each input. In the experiments, the key is the same length as the plaintext.
this practically means the networks only have to implement XOR for perfect security (a one time pad).
maybe you're studying something different i don't understand, but why wouldn't it be more sensible to limit the key size?
i.e.: why didn't you train the network to create a key stream? i'm not a cryptographer, but in this case you'd only have to train two networks (the keystream generator bob and the attacker carol).