Comment on The NSA's crypto "breakthrough"parentComments−pbsd13yThey broke 16 out of 32 rounds, with an unrealistic amount of chosen-plaintext. It's not really something to write home about. Rijndael was selected as AES when the best known attack broke 7 out of 10 rounds.−lolcraft13yThey broke 31 out of 32 rounds.In cryptography, if you break 1 bit, you've broken it. No excuse.
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They broke 16 out of 32 rounds, with an unrealistic amount of chosen-plaintext. It's not really something to write home about. Rijndael was selected as AES when the best known attack broke 7 out of 10 rounds.
They broke 31 out of 32 rounds.
In cryptography, if you break 1 bit, you've broken it. No excuse.