On the nerdy side of this, how do you implement the key escrow/backdoors onto crypto sw? The above mentioned (I assume) backdoor in government given executables and hidden algorithm (with weaknesses) just wouldn't be possible.
This leaves few chances like weakening strong algorithms by resetting most of the bits in a key or something similar. Is there any other way to achieve a backdoor?
I feel it would be very near (mathematically) impossible to develop an strong algorithm with some serious weakness (the backdoor), which nobody wouldn't find.
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On the nerdy side of this, how do you implement the key escrow/backdoors onto crypto sw? The above mentioned (I assume) backdoor in government given executables and hidden algorithm (with weaknesses) just wouldn't be possible.
This leaves few chances like weakening strong algorithms by resetting most of the bits in a key or something similar. Is there any other way to achieve a backdoor?
I feel it would be very near (mathematically) impossible to develop an strong algorithm with some serious weakness (the backdoor), which nobody wouldn't find.