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Re:A High-Degree Algebraic-Resistant Variant of the Advanced... by JanecekPetr on Saturday January 24, 2015 @08:37PM (#8941763)
"...the Impossible Boomerang Attack (IBA) which are especially dangerous as impossible boomerangs are truly impossible while regular boomerangs are possible boomerangs"

wutlol

There's more. Probably just a cheesy way to write a paper you'll retract / rewrite anyway?

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Re:A High-Degree Algebraic-Resistant Variant of the Advanced... by vonsnowman on Saturday January 24, 2015 @10:08PM (#8941935)
Go all the way to appendix B for the serious part.

It's interesting how, besides the obvious jokes in every other sentence, the paper is otherwise almost plausible.

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Re:A High-Degree Algebraic-Resistant Variant of the Advanced... by brohee on Saturday January 24, 2015 @09:52PM (#8941901)
Possibly someone trying to expose bad conferences and journals by submitting this paper and see if it gets accepted.
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Re:A High-Degree Algebraic-Resistant Variant of the Advanced... by sandycheeks on Sunday January 25, 2015 @12:27AM (#8942141)
Or perhaps simply for a challenge.
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