Re: [Cfrg] Cryptographic meta-principles

Vadym Fedyukovych <vf@unity.net> Thu, 24 May 2012 05:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Cryptographic meta-principles
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On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 03:20:32PM -0700, G?? Weijers wrote:
> > 2.       Needless complexity is the enemy of security.
> 
> Even if the complexity is unavoidable: it's _still_ the enemy of security.

At the same time, complexity of computational Diffie-Hellman problem
often is the basis of security.
> 
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