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Re:Lightweight Cryptography by wmf on Sunday November 07, 2021 @04:49PM (#29143823)
That tradeoff doesn't exist. No one is proposing weak or breakable encryption. Even the fastest "lightweight" finalists provide full 128-bit security.
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Re:Lightweight Cryptography by marcosdumay on Sunday November 07, 2021 @08:35PM (#29145351)
If they have 128-bit security, what is the difference between that and a normal contest?
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Re:Lightweight Cryptography by neodon on Sunday November 07, 2021 @08:47PM (#29145425)
I think the difference is that the focus is on finding more efficient ways to provide the same level of security. Existing algorithms are "good enough" performance-wise for mainstream hardware, but there is much room for improvement without tradeoffs.
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