It seems that interest in the nexus at HCI (human computer interface) and security continues to grow (added ec fc1 fc2). For my money I'd say we should start at Kerckhoff's 6 principles. Now, unfortunately we have only the original paper in French, so we can only guess at how he derived his 6 principles.
Are there any French crypto readers out there who could have a go at translating this? Kerckhoffs was a Dutchman, and perhaps this means we need to find Dutch cryptographers who can understand all his nuances... Nudge, nudge...
(Ideally the way to start this, I suspect, is to open up a translation in a Wiki. Then, people can debate the various interpretations over an evolving document. Just a guess - but are there any infosec wikis out there?)
Posted by iang at May 1, 2005 06:46 AM | TrackBack