How is NSA breaking so much crypto? (2015)

Re:How is NSA breaking so much crypto? (2015) by rahrahrah on Saturday December 17, 2016 @11:34AM (#13201253)

No, I'm not misapplying DK

> Does an extra layer of bad crypto diminish the effectiveness of the good crypto?

Yes, you can find other children comment with specific examples.

> It doesn't seem like it would

More DK: you don't know enough to evaluate how much you know.

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Re:How is NSA breaking so much crypto? (2015) by sbov on Saturday December 17, 2016 @12:33PM (#13201514)

So rot13 will render my aes useless?

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Re:How is NSA breaking so much crypto? (2015) by whatshisface on Saturday December 17, 2016 @06:11PM (#13203292)

Possibly. If your rot13 takes longer to rotate a Z than it does and A, then it will leak your Zs through the AES. Similarly, you might accidentally write your own rot13 heartbleed.

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Re:How is NSA breaking so much crypto? (2015) by ENGNR on Saturday December 17, 2016 @09:39PM (#13204016)

So you just need to add an extra layer on another computer surely, or else I could MITM SSL by encrypting/unencrypting it

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Re:How is NSA breaking so much crypto? (2015) by rahrahrah on Sunday December 18, 2016 @06:44AM (#13205439)

It might weaken it, yes.

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