see
https://cryptome.org/2017/02/Schneiers-Internet-Security-Agency-Bad-Idea.htmurl:
Another interesting set of views and remarks...
Security is easy...when one knows what it is, what it is for, who wants
it, why they want it, and if they get it...how they manage to use
it...securely. and who is going to want to undermine it, play devious
with it, make it better for them, whilst making it look better for you,
make you feel more secure in not knowing how secure it is...apart from a
nice feeling that it is.
It's a bit like the meaning of truth. We all know what deception
is...don't we...aren't we all experts in that? But when it comes to the
truth, or truths...like lies and deceptions, there are far too many of
them, different methods, different meanings, different approaches,
different interpretations, different historical times, different
contexts; that it becomes like going to a hypermarket and trying to
select a suitable choice, pick the truth commodity that you fancy,
objective or subjective, pay what you think it is worth, play around
with it, test it out, use the scientific method, the philosophical
method, the sociological method, the economic method, the political
method, the sincere method, the sales method, the misrepresentation
method, set up a committee around it, come to a conclusion...or
two...use finite and infinite logic, fuzzy algorithms, nano-spheric
thinking...and then, when you find out how fucking useless it is, if you
are dishonest, sell it on at a bigger price extolling its virtues, and
recap your losses, or if you are honest, give it away with your
conclusions, to the next sucker down the line to play around with...if
they are willing to take it on, of course. Even dump it, waste products
can be worth a fortune these days, recycled in some way or just plain
recirculated.
Far better to put in an artificial intelligence machine in the foyer of
the market place and pull the handle and select the random
answer...depending on how much it costs per try...and there is no
guarantee via price of how "truly" random the randomness is, even with a
high and low degree truth selector.
Even better join Cryptome mailing list and let it all hang out
babe...for all the world to see...:-). At least you know that your
encryption works because there are no back doors in it...how can there
be...in plain text...;-)
ATB
Dougie.
