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rot13	Oct 10 2005, 08:09 PM
Elite member Posts: 306 Group: Trusted Member Member #14 Joined: September 29, 2005	Donald Oct 10 2005, 07:56 PM Quote: Digital Fortress Take any cryptography you read about in "Digital Fortress" with a big grain of salt. I haven't read "Digital Fortress" yet, but the cryptographic community has had some pretty bad things to say about it. It may be a good book (I enjoyed "Angels and Demons") but don't trust the crypto. I read it, and the crypto is definitely a little off. Overall, the book was good, so if you can ignore the wrong stuff, it is enjoyable. One of the claims of the book is that there is no such thing as an unbreakable cipher, and even presents some fictional law about it. He also gets bits and bytes confused. There was also the suggestion that doubling the number of bits in a key doubles the time it takes to break it. Those are the things that stand out in my memory, it has been over a year since I read it.


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