Think about it -- if it were a 16-year-old Irish
boy who came up with this algorithm, would it be getting nearly the publicity it's getting now? It's not news because it's better encryption. It's news because it's a woman... and the boys' club refuses to admit that it just might be better than anything they've ever done.
You have a short or very selective memory.
On August 11, 1998, Slashdot posted a story about a British teen (male) who claimed to have invented an 'unbreakable' 2048bit cypher. The discussion was remarkably similar to this one.
You also apparently know nothing about cryptograpy or cryptanalysis and the process that a proposed cypher must go through before anyone in their right mind would use it. No matter who designed it.
When I left the aerospace industry in July of '98, ADA was the only language certified for avionics. All other systems (ground system, test equipment) was at engineer's discretion. Oddly enough, there was a working group that wanted to certify Java for avionics use.
Also, the company I worked for then did a lot of Military avionics, of which none were done with Ada, they were still using JOVIAL.
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You have a short or very selective memory.
On August 11, 1998, Slashdot posted a story about a British teen (male) who claimed to have invented an 'unbreakable' 2048bit cypher. The discussion was remarkably similar to this one.
You also apparently know nothing about cryptograpy or cryptanalysis and the process that a proposed cypher must go through before anyone in their right mind would use it. No matter who designed it.
Also, the company I worked for then did a lot of Military avionics, of which none were done with Ada, they were still using JOVIAL.