Decoding Simon and Speck: Block Ciphers for the Internet of Things

[violarisgeorge at gmail.com (George Violaris)]

On 19/10/2017 10:16 AM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
> P.S. The phone system was a trade secret, but now WPA2 specification 
> is a paywall. All these bought off cryptographers are in a cover their 
> ass operation. They know they overlooked it, they have to explain to 
> you why they overlooked it so they can still appear valuable to you. 
> We could've had the Clipper chip, but now we may as well be using 
> Tribler's OFB with same IV (nothing to see here).
> Anyway, WPA3 is needed for post-quantum eventually. Everything should 
> head towards some sort of post-quantum algorithm, now that NTRU's 
> patent expired. There is no reason why NTRU is not used, and I'd 
> suggest conservative parameters for a given amount of input entropy.
> Smart cards and post-quantum for everything.
>
> P.P.S. Binney is a pathological liar. Just watch A Good American on 
> Netflix. It is no wonder that the EFF is currently ineffectually 
> complaining about unconstitutional laws. John Schindler is right, he 
> doesn't express himself well, but I'm pretty sure he represents the 
> opinions of the intelligence community in that many of you are blind 
> and incompetent. (naturally the same could go for the intelligence 
> community...)
>
> Bonus round because a helicopter flew over my house:
> Schneier said: "There is too much mistrust in the air. NIST risks 
> publishing an algorithm that no one will trust and no one (except 
> those forced) will use."
>
> That means trust me, I am opposed to what is happening and I am an expert.
>
> Schneier then said: I misspoke when I wrote that NIST made "internal 
> changes" to the algorithm. That was sloppy of me. The Keccak 
> permutation remains unchanged. What NIST proposed was reducing the 
> hash function's capacity in the name of performance. One of Keccak's 
> nice features is that it's highly tunable.
>
> Oh, I was just exaggerating, trust me, I have gone over to the other's 
> side.
>
> When a familiar face changes their mind, will you go along with them 
> if you were wavering to begin with?
>
>
I wonder what the real story behind Jacob Appelbaum and Tor is. Is Jacob 
a member of this list? Maybe he can give us some insight as to what 
actually goes on in Tor. Maybe it's time to use alternatives.