NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it?

Re:NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it? by Xcelerate on Friday June 14, 2013 @02:35PM (#5881600)

I'm not sure you saw the last part of my post :) I mentioned the same thing about brute-forcing and focused on the mathematical weaknesses aspect of it. I have written some ECDSA code myself from scratch so I am familiar at least with the very basics of it.

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Re:NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it? by mey on Friday June 14, 2013 @02:43PM (#5881641)

Yeah I think I started writing before I really got your question, my apologies :)

It is very possible that government based research on crypto cracking is several years ahead of the rest of the world, but the attitude to these systems around the time of the dot com bubble was switching from security through obscurity to working in the open. The reason is the research cuts both ways, the US relies on AES as much as you or I. If there is a problem with it, they would be burned as well.

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Re:NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it? by jlgaddis on Saturday June 15, 2013 @02:17PM (#5885827)

> the US relies on AES as much as you or I

Yes, but the government also has other (non-public) algorithms/ciphers/etc. that are used internally.

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