Re: What would you like to see in a book on cryptography for programme

2000-08-12 Thread James A. Donald
-- William Rowden writes: In the tempting-but-wrong category, one could include samples of the insecure systems that result when programmers with no cryptanalysis background create their own cryptographic algorithms. At 07:20 PM 8/11/2000 +, lcs Mixmaster Remailer wrote:

Re: What would you like to see in a book on cryptography for programme

2000-08-11 Thread lcs Mixmaster Remailer
William Rowden writes: In the tempting-but-wrong category, one could include samples of the insecure systems that result when programmers with no cryptanalysis background create their own cryptographic algorithms. Yes, and let us hope that Michael Paul Johnson resists the temptation to plug

Re: What would you like to see in a book on cryptography for programme

2000-08-11 Thread Michael Paul Johnson
At 07:20 PM 8/11/00 +, lcs Mixmaster Remailer wrote: William Rowden writes: In the tempting-but-wrong category, one could include samples of the insecure systems that result when programmers with no cryptanalysis background create their own cryptographic algorithms. Yes, and let us hope