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"There were two kinds of codes in cryptography, codes that stopped your little brother from reading your message and codes that stopped major governments from r
by jgershen 16y ago
"There were two kinds of codes in cryptography, codes that stopped your little brother from reading your message and codes that stopped major governments from reading your message, and this was the first kind of code..."
(from HPMOR: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/62/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/62/Harry_Potter_and_the_...)
- jazzyb 16y agoThat quote is derived from one that originally appeared in "Applied Cryptography" by Bruce Schneier: "There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files."
- jgershen 16y agoAwesome, thanks! I haven't read enough Schneier to have picked up on that (really just Secrets and Lies).