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Why doesn't the NSA/FSB/... open source their crypto systems then so that people can search for flaws? And there would be interest, imagine the street cred...
by jktogjfnn 5y ago
Why doesn't the NSA/FSB/... open source their crypto systems then so that people can search for flaws?
And there would be interest, imagine the street cred...
- lucideer 5y agoNot too sure about the NSA - I know they subcontract a lot, so may be harder to weed out. GCHQ have some fascinating stuff out there though https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/blob/master/src/core/operations/Numberwang.mjs https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/blob/master/src/core/opera...
- kittywav 5y agoThey generally do open source their crypto systems (at least the algorithms themselves), given that that is practically a requirement for any crypto system to be adopted in a widespread way (no one who is serious about security is going to use home-baked closed-source cryptosystems). Examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speck_(cipher) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speck_(cipher) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%28cipher%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%28cipher%29 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOST_(block_cipher) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOST_(block_cipher)