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Isn't that the Kerckhoffs's principle? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle
by dividuum 6y ago
Isn't that the Kerckhoffs's principle? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle
- dwheeler 6y agoOpen design is basically a generalization of Kerckhoffs's principle. Kerckhoffs's principle is usually stated as "A cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge." Note that Kerckhoffs's principle only refers to cryptosystems. The open design principle is a generalization that applies to all systems, whether or not they are cryptosystems.