One obvious point that is consistently missed or evaded is that people do not publish results until they have repaired flaws with a negative impact on themselves. David Honig wrote: > > At 03:33 PM 4/3/00 -0400, Secret Squirrel wrote: > > > >Are we supposed to believe that you have found new attacks on ALL the AES > >candidates except your own? > > Were we to believe he found weaknesses in his own cipher, > we would have to believe he learned something between > when he proposed it and now. Therefore, given his > experience (ie the flatness of a master's learning curve), > its not surprising he found no fault with > his own work. > > All we know is that the public analysts, a small fraction > of total analysts :-), haven't found anything more significant. > > -- Paul H. Merrill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
