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> This doesn't diminish the claim that the modal individual should not attempt to "roll their own crypto." Just wanted to point out that "individual-should-not
by jancsika 9y ago
> This doesn't diminish the claim that the modal individual should not attempt to "roll their own crypto."
Just wanted to point out that "individual-should-not-attempt-to-roll-their-own-crypto" is ambiguous and unnecessarily antagonistic while the paragraph quoted above from Schneier is clear and difficult to argue with.
"As simple as possible but no simpler" applies quite well to summaries, esp. when they regard cryptography.
- dsacco 9y agoOkay, what exactly is the claim you'd like me to argue with? That Bruce Schneier was a hobbyist when he developed any of his cryptographic algorithms? He wasn't, and more importantly that misses the point since those algorithms were widely reviewed in competition settings. I'm not sure what you're getting at here. Yes, someone has to develop cryptography, just like someone has to work on designing rockets. Theoretically everyone begins an aspiration as a hobby, but that's pedantic. A cryptographic design or implementation is not going to survive as a side hobby regardless of how it begins.