Security is not cryptography

• Security is a chain

  • weak links become targets
  • crypto is not often the weakest link

• Host security is essential

• Use proven protocols

  • don’t roll your own

• Cryptography is hard

  • not just another component to hack up

• Weak and strong packages look the same on the shelf

• Attackers cheat

  • one flaw is all it takes

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