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> tweaks to DES (which later turned out to be defence against differential cryptanalysis) The NSA's mission has changed, in the sense of its real priorities fo
by abecedarius 3y ago
> tweaks to DES (which later turned out to be defence against differential cryptanalysis)
The NSA's mission has changed, in the sense of its real priorities for securing comms vs. spying on them. They were clearly different at the time of creation of DES vs. at the Snowden leaks, so I wouldn't take that episode as too much evidence of helpful intent in the 90s.