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They have a kind of impossible task: to create an encryption standard that will resist attacks carried by supercomputers but will work on as cheap a piece of ha
by jarfil 7y ago
They have a kind of impossible task: to create an encryption standard that will resist attacks carried by supercomputers but will work on as cheap a piece of hardware as possible... and let's make it backwards compatible too.
At some point they have to compromise, and security suffers.
- michaelt 7y agoIsn't "create an encryption standard that will resist attacks by supercomputers but will work on as cheap a piece of hardware as possible" the aim of pretty much every encryption standard ever? I don't deny it's a big challenge - but it's hardly a unique one.
- nothrabannosir 7y agoI really would hope any sane encryption standard aims to satisfy this requirement. Otherwise why have encryption? Supercomputers are at any tom dick and harry's beck and call these days for a paltry fee.