Why is this? I mean I understand how software bugs or design mistakes actually arise, but why does the problem exist overall? I would have expected the field to have the following properties:
Really slow introduction of new designs.
Only a handful of designs actively in use.
Very clear designs, at the expense of other factors.
Much activity in qualifying and fine-tuning existing designs.
What you are saying suggests the opposite. is it straightforward cluelessness, or that no-one has figured the right sort of abstraction to reuse and refine cryptosystems they way you can ciphers?
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Date: 2003-09-30 08:34 pm (UTC)- Really slow introduction of new designs.
- Only a handful of designs actively in use.
- Very clear designs, at the expense of other factors.
- Much activity in qualifying and fine-tuning existing designs.
What you are saying suggests the opposite. is it straightforward cluelessness, or that no-one has figured the right sort of abstraction to reuse and refine cryptosystems they way you can ciphers?Pavlos