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“Never underestimate the attention, risk, money and time that an opponent will put into reading traffic.”
Robert Morris, former Chief Scientist of the US National Security Agency (NSA), National Computer Security Center, "Crypto '95 invited talks by R. Morris and A. Shamir", 1995
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“a significant breakthrough in quantum computation would spell doom for all these systems (ECC-192 or RSA-2048).”
European Network of Excellence for Cryptography, "D.AZTEC.2 Alternatives to RSA", July 2005
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"History has taught us: never underestimate the amount of money, time, and effort someone will expend to thwart a security system. It's always better to assume the worst. Assume your adversaries are better than they are. Assume science and technology will soon be able to do things they cannot yet. Give yourself a margin for error. Give yourself more security than you need today. When the unexpected happens, you'll be glad you did."Read more...
Bruce Schneier, "Why Cryptography Is Harder Than It Looks", 1997
Cryptographic specifications
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Specifications on cryptographic protocols and algorithms. Currently only the VEST cipher-hash specifications are available. |
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