Don't you think that you are basically fighting a needless uphill battle here? I mean, people crave a good encrypted communication system and you have the intent and the infrastructure in place, but you are shooting yourselves in the foot with your cryptographic design indulgence. This animosity will continue, because Telegram crew comes across as cocky and arrogant know-it-alls, and not because people think you cannot design a crypto protocol. The contest doesn't help a bit, it only further enforces the impression of arrogance on your end. This is not what you would've done if you in fact allowed for the existence of flaws in your design. You would've released an RFC instead.
I have all the sympathy for you. I don't doubt your motives, but you are setting yourselves up against skilled technical crowd. It has already started off on the wrong foot and this unfortunate dynamic will continue.
Perhaps consider offering an alternative crypto suite based on standard protocols? In parallel with what you have. Just reuse an existing crypto framework and redo transport layer to your needs.
Don't you think that you are basically fighting a needless uphill battle here? I mean, people crave a good encrypted communication system and you have the intent and the infrastructure in place, but you are shooting yourselves in the foot with your cryptographic design indulgence. This animosity will continue, because Telegram crew comes across as cocky and arrogant know-it-alls, and not because people think you cannot design a crypto protocol. The contest doesn't help a bit, it only further enforces the impression of arrogance on your end. This is not what you would've done if you in fact allowed for the existence of flaws in your design. You would've released an RFC instead.
I have all the sympathy for you. I don't doubt your motives, but you are setting yourselves up against skilled technical crowd. It has already started off on the wrong foot and this unfortunate dynamic will continue.
Perhaps consider offering an alternative crypto suite based on standard protocols? In parallel with what you have. Just reuse an existing crypto framework and redo transport layer to your needs.