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It's "rolling your own crypto", not "rolling your own encryption algorithm". That includes using "secure" low-level primitives incorrectly to build an insecure
by wrs 7y ago
It's "rolling your own crypto", not "rolling your own encryption algorithm". That includes using "secure" low-level primitives incorrectly to build an insecure higher-level protocol. In this case, using ECB mode has been known for years (decades?) to be a bad move regardless of the underlying encryption algorithm.
As the classic article says, if you type the letters A-E-S, you're doing it wrong.
- Enginerrrd 7y agoYeah, in fact, that is USUALLY the way people screw up and roll their own crypto.