Comment on BLAKE2, an improved version of the SHA-3 finalist BLAKE optimized for speedparentComments−IheartApplesDix13yThink of encryption as more secure the harder it is to do. Optimizing encryption for the benefit of other applications is backwards.−Heliosmaster13yThink about RSA. Harder Encryption (computationally) is achieved with a high e. Too bad that Wiener in 1990 proved that if d (private key) is small enough we can easily crack it using continued fractions.
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Think of encryption as more secure the harder it is to do. Optimizing encryption for the benefit of other applications is backwards.
Think about RSA. Harder Encryption (computationally) is achieved with a high e. Too bad that Wiener in 1990 proved that if d (private key) is small enough we can easily crack it using continued fractions.