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Preview of New Block Cipher
flaws writes "Secure Science Corp. is offering a preview of one of the 3 ciphers they will be publishing througout the year. The CS2-128 cipher is a 128-bit block cipher with a 128 bit key. This cipher is proposed as a hardware alternative to AES, being that it is more efficient in hardware, simpler to implement, and comparably secure to AES-128.
The preview of the CS2-128 cipher proposed is in html form and will be available in a published format at the end of April. At this time, requests are made for casual peer review and implementation. Secure Science will be offering a challenge at the end of April, introducing the cipher to the public. This ciphers implementation and usage will be offered in multiple hardware devices, such as wireless routers, cell-phones, and storage management hardware."
"A study recently released by the Institute for Family Computing revealed that the top three uses of cryptography were for 1) "terrorist-related activity" 2) pedophillia and 3) drug abuse. In fact
as far as I can tell, no legitimate use was on the top ten at all!"
Legitimate use would be 1 to keep nosy people like you out, legitimate use would be to protect from forgery and identity fraud. legitimate use would be to protect your creditcard details when you buy online. and there are plenty more, its not just about keeping snoops out but also identity. so your "as far as I can tell, no legitimate use was on the top ten at all!" is incorrect.
think outside the box, not just whats on the inside