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Re: [Cfrg] Crystalline Cipher

Michael Hamburg <mike@shiftleft.org> Thu, 21 May 2015 21:16 UTC

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From: Michael Hamburg <mike@shiftleft.org>
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Crystalline Cipher
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> On May 21, 2015, at 2:02 PM, Mark McCarron <mark.mccarron@eclipso.eu> wrote:

> As to your comments in regards to Crystalline, I am afraid you cannot make such a determination without in-depth study.  As Mike clearly stated, he probably could not break the cipher given only the ciphertext and that it would takes weeks-to-months to analyse properly.  Even though you have not performed such an analysis, nor have any data to support your claims, you are confident enough to proclaim that it is a bad cipher.  Apparently, more than your wireless devices are receiving information out of thin air.

Please be careful in how you paraphrase me.  This is not what I stated.  If you wish to argue about what I wrote to you off-list, please argue with me off-list.

— Mike

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