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Cryptogram: AES Broken?

Posted by chrisd on from the small-s-boxes-lead-to-weirdness dept.

bcrowell writes "The latest CryptoGram reports that AES (Rijndael) and Serpent may have been broken. The good news is that when cryptographers say 'broken' they don't necessarily mean broken in a way that is practical to exploit right now. Still, maybe we need to assume that any given type of crypto is only temporary. All of cryptography depends on a small number of problems that are believed to be hard. And all bets are definitely off when quantum computers arrive on the scene. Maybe someday we'll look back fondly on the golden age of privacy."

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  1. quantum != exponential growth qjkx by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't you get to the point where all the atoms in the universe can't calculate the code before, say, the IPO? Just toss more bits at it.

  2. While we're on the subject of cryptography... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OpenBSD creator Theo de Raadt has confirmed: his toy OS is dying. It's pallbearers are UltraSPARC, SPARC, Sun 2, and Sun 3. OpenBSD we hardly knew ye.

  3. Well... If AES isn't sufficient... by Jugalator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... jr pbhyq whfg nf jryy fvzcyl hfr EBG Guvegrra gura? :)

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    Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
  4. Re:SUCK MY PUSSY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jennifer, is that you? Should I start calling you Jennifur-burger instead?

    I always thought you were a whore.

  5. The unsafe kinds? by thogard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The local coster used to live at Coney Island till it was torn down, shiped half way around the world and set up again to scrare Aussies. That was sometime before 1920.

    Worlds of fun in Kansas City used to have one of the 1st loop costers. Once they opened the new four looper, you could sit on the old one for a good half hour before they made you go back through the line. I didn't the like new new one so much, it had a much rougher ride. I think it may have dumped a few people as well or maybe that was its replacemet.

  6. Re:Where my cryptogram? by Leto2 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    The Lameness filter prevented me from formatting this as an or
    or
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    <grub> Reading /. at -1 is like driving through Cracktown in a convertible that is stuck in 1st
  7. Re:Jennifer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who's this Jennifer and why are my testicles not in her mouth?

    Because Jennifer is a girl.