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Moxie's blog post does a better job explaining the problems than I can [1]. Basically, the framework of the contest precludes many avenues of attack to which a
by rpedroso 13y ago
Moxie's blog post does a better job explaining the problems than I can [1].
Basically, the framework of the contest precludes many avenues of attack to which a given cryptosystem could be vulnerable. The researcher who discovered the vulnerability in the OP used a man-in-the-middle attack, which cannot be used in the Telegram contest.