The cr.yp.to microblog: 2013.01.26 20:50:26

2013.01.26 20:50:26 (295257409667076097) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "Justin Troutman (@justintroutman)" (295017575463673856):

The pursuit of such a link encourages designers to add structure. Often the same structure helps attackers! @justintroutman @matthew_d_green

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2013.01.25 13:52:36 (294789871501996032) from "Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green)":

New blog: 'In defense of provable security', on @hashbreaker's recent comments. http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/01/in-defense-of-provable-security.html

2013.01.26 04:57:25 (295017575463673856) from "Justin Troutman (@justintroutman)", replying to "Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green)" (294789871501996032):

@matthew_d_green @hashbreaker Does it make sense to describe provable security as linking the security of a new design to an old problem?