[39810] in Cypherpunks
Re: netscape's response (source code review)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Horgan)
Thu Sep 21 21:36:17 1995
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 10:32:56 -0700
From: patrick@Verity.COM (Patrick Horgan)
To: jsw@neon.netscape.com, gnu@toad.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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> It is becoming gradually clearer in cryptanalysis that you can't test
> security of pieces in isolation. Their interaction with the
> surrounding code and protocols is key to their security. Ross
I don't think this is a new realization, attacks on crpyto systems have
always considered the whole system.
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