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Unfortunately, the NSA also happens to be the single largest, best-funded collection of cryptographers in the world (probably - who knows how big 3PLA/4PLA are)

Unfortunately, the NSA also happens to be the single largest, best-funded collection of cryptographers in the world (probably - who knows how big 3PLA/4PLA are), and do have a history of mostly-beneficial relationships with the crypto community. If you ignore NSA ciphers, you may just be trading vulnerability to the NSA for vulnerability to everyone.

wafflebear 8y ago
Really? Name one NSA cipher that is better than an equivalent academic-designed cipher? DES? SHA2?
- evgen 8y ago
  You get original DES, I get DES with the NSA-designed S-boxes. Want to make a bet about whose messages get cracked first?
  - yarrel 8y ago
    By the NSA?
    - evgen 8y ago
      By anyone, but if adversary was NSA at the time of adoption of their suggested S-boxes then I still win.
chx 8y ago
> If you ignore NSA ciphers, you may just be trading vulnerability to the NSA for vulnerability to everyone. Rijndael is not an NSA cipher.