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qode ==== An encryption algorithm " shall we conclude this thread now? On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Kevin <kevinsisco61...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 1/6/2015 6:32 PM, shawn wilson wrote: > >> So the practical reason behind everyone saying "unless you have >> qualifications, etc, don't do this" is because, even if you make >> something and say it's just for your learning or a joke or w/e, >> someone (no joke) *will* use it and then some Fortune 500 will fall >> over because of your joke code. So, yeah, don't do this - as in, it'd >> be best to take it down for everyone's sanity. >> >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:25 PM, John Young <j...@pipeline.com> wrote: >> >>> At 04:55 PM 1/6/2015, you wrote: >>> >>> Yes, that is the received canon of cryptosystems: >>> >>> 1.Sarcasm toward unqualified efforts, >>> >>> 2. Designing cryptosysystems is *hard*. >>> >>> 3. No, that's too mild, it's mindblowingly* hard. >>> >>> 4. It doesn't start with code, it strts with mathematical description. >>> >>> 5. No, even that is not true, it starts with years of study. >>> >>> 6. Denizens of this list have seen a hundred cryptosystems crash and >>> burn. >>> >>> 7. Some of them designed by very clever people. >>> >>> 8. Designing crytposystems is hard. >>> >>> 9. Don't even think of trying it, not unless a fewyears spent studying >>> the >>> state of the art. >>> >>> 10. Sorry to be blunt. >>> >>> Not to mention how often thclaims are made despite thier sounding like >>> alchemy and astrology, cultish, religious, authoritarian, scientistic, >>> recruitment >>> for arcane pursuit of unsolvable mysteries, and hardly applicable to the >>> long >>> and varied history of cryptology suffused with bizarre claims, >>> subterfuge, >>> deception, betrayal, treachery, obligatory prevarication, inherent >>> cheating, >>> diabolical misrepresentation of trustworthiness, venomous accusations >>> against competitors, unrestrained dupery and duplicity against the >>> unwary, >>> citizen and royalty alike. >>> >>> Nor that mathematics is a modern innovation in cryptology and remains >>> its weakest element due to inability of its applicators to wed it to code >>> and hardware without recourse to alchemy and astrology favored by >>> promoters, sales and PhDs who dream of math as golden key to natsec. >>> >>> QODE, QED. >>> >>> Kevin wrote: > I figured I'd start building my own open source >>>> encryption >>>> algorithm: > https://github.com/kjsisco/qode If you feel overwhelmed >>>> by the >>>> sarcasm directed your way, there is a reason for that. Designing >>>> cryptosystems is *hard*. No, that's too mild. Is *mindblowingly* hard. >>>> It >>>> doesn't start with code. It starts with a mathematical description. No, >>>> even >>>> that is not true: It starts with years and years of study. The denisens >>>> of >>>> this list have seen a hundred cryptosystem crash and burn. Some of them >>>> were >>>> designed by very clever people. Did I mention that designing >>>> cryptosystems >>>> is hard? Don't even think of trying it, not unless you have first spent >>>> a >>>> few years studying the state of the art. Sorry to be so blunt, but I >>>> think >>>> it will save you a whole lot of grief. – Harald >>>> _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing >>>> list >>>> cryptography@randombit.net >>>> http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography </x-flowed> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cryptography mailing list >>> cryptography@randombit.net >>> http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> cryptography mailing list >> cryptography@randombit.net >> http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >> > > Any company could review it and decide if it's worth using or not. > Quite frankly, if you wanted to print out my code and wipe your rear end > with it, that's fine by me. Use it, don't use it, laugh at it, don't laugh > at it. I am not going to take it down. Freedom, boys and girls, freedom. > > > -- > Kevin > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >
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