John Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Despite the long-lived argument that public review of crypto assures > its reliability, no national infosec agency -- in any country worldwide -- > follows that practice for the most secure systems. NSA's support for > AES notwithstanding, the agency does not disclose its military and > high level systems.
Nevertheless, given that the public has two options (disclosure or non-), it seems public review is as good as it gets. You're right, of course---don't put 100% trust in anything---but I think it's still reasonable to trust a publicly reviewed system more than a closed one. -- Riad Wahby [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIT VI-2 M.Eng
