> reminder that NIST should not be trusted given their history with regards to standards around vulnerable crypto as well as potential for manipulation due to "higher level" .gov organizations:
And, you also need to remember that NIST seems to have known about "differential cryptanalysis" before everybody else and made DES actually more resistant to it.
And, you also need to remember that NIST seems to have known about "differential cryptanalysis" before everybody else and made DES actually more resistant to it.
"Trust, but verify" should always be the rule.