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The "encryption" buzzword is worthless without details. And I wonder if they'll stand behind their product if their crypto flavor of choice is broken and needs
by feld 12y ago
The "encryption" buzzword is worthless without details. And I wonder if they'll stand behind their product if their crypto flavor of choice is broken and needs to be changed. Otherwise that's an expensive brick of swiss cheese.
- wmf 12y agohttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/security/zec12cryptography.html http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/security/zec12cry... (previous generation) http://www-03.ibm.com/security/cryptocards/ http://www-03.ibm.com/security/cryptocards/ One reason for industry standards is that they distribute risk across the whole industry. So if NIST crypto is broken the entire industry goes down together; one company wouldn't have a competitive disadvantage.