A starting point for this would be the "Quick and Dirty" interview guide on Manager Tools, http://www.manager-tools.com/2006/12/quick-and-dir ty-interviews/. It's not meant for full-on interviews, but it's a good starting point for thinking about what to ask and more importantly, WHY to ask it. There's a ton of great advice there!
To look at it from another angle, Sony and Microsoft's strategies are only profitable when they max out the number of consoles they sell. The larger their userbase, the more game profits that roll in. Both companies need to be number 1, and thus the struggle.
Nintendo on the other hand doesn't need to be number 1 at all. By turning a profit on each console plus each game, they're safe as a niche player and even better positioned if it really does take off. For me, I'll be first in line to get a Wii based on the type of games available and the novelty of their design.
As with any simple question, there's not a truly correct straightforward answer. First off, encryption strength is not just about the number of bits. A larger keyspace is preferably to ward off brute force attacks, but no system has eliminated the risk of a skilled and determined cryptanalyst.
Once you've established that bits aren't the only answer, start poking holes. For example, a guessable header produced by the first round of encryption would be known plaintext to work against the second round. As mentioned by others, the cipher itself may be vulnerable to an algebraic attack. Certain types of ciphers operate in such a way that the second round only changes the key needed to obtain the original plaintext C(k2,C(k1,P)) = C(k3,P)
Start poking holes in their knowledge of cryptanalysis.. that's the key to the argument.
I wish I had a newer link but I recently heard something on NPR regarding this research
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1998/battery.html
To adapt an adage from the engineering or restaurant business:
Good, Fast or Cheap - Pick Two
Batteries would be:
Safe, Powerful or Cheap - Pick Two
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Apparently where Terry Pratchett got the clacks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacks
Since when do anonymous cowards have UIDs? Hey now! When you put $5K on the table, you're no longer a coward. "Anonymous reader"
A starting point for this would be the "Quick and Dirty" interview guide on Manager Tools, http://www.manager-tools.com/2006/12/quick-and-dir ty-interviews/. It's not meant for full-on interviews, but it's a good starting point for thinking about what to ask and more importantly, WHY to ask it. There's a ton of great advice there!
To look at it from another angle, Sony and Microsoft's strategies are only profitable when they max out the number of consoles they sell. The larger their userbase, the more game profits that roll in. Both companies need to be number 1, and thus the struggle. Nintendo on the other hand doesn't need to be number 1 at all. By turning a profit on each console plus each game, they're safe as a niche player and even better positioned if it really does take off. For me, I'll be first in line to get a Wii based on the type of games available and the novelty of their design.
As with any simple question, there's not a truly correct straightforward answer. First off, encryption strength is not just about the number of bits. A larger keyspace is preferably to ward off brute force attacks, but no system has eliminated the risk of a skilled and determined cryptanalyst.
Once you've established that bits aren't the only answer, start poking holes. For example, a guessable header produced by the first round of encryption would be known plaintext to work against the second round. As mentioned by others, the cipher itself may be vulnerable to an algebraic attack. Certain types of ciphers operate in such a way that the second round only changes the key needed to obtain the original plaintext C(k2,C(k1,P)) = C(k3,P)
Start poking holes in their knowledge of cryptanalysis.. that's the key to the argument.
I wish I had a newer link but I recently heard something on NPR regarding this research http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1998/battery.html To adapt an adage from the engineering or restaurant business: Good, Fast or Cheap - Pick Two Batteries would be: Safe, Powerful or Cheap - Pick Two