Schneier's Law

Schneier's Law

The term "Schneier's Law" was coined by Cory Doctorow in his speech about Digital Rights Management for Microsoft Research.cite web |author=Cory Doctorow |date=2004-06-17 |title=Microsoft Research DRM talk |url=http://www.dashes.com/anil/stuff/doctorow-drm-ms.html |accessdate=2006-12-31 ] The law is phrased as:

He attributes this to Bruce Schneier, presumably making reference to his book Applied Cryptography, although the principle predates its publication. In The Codebreakers, David Kahn states:

Another theory is that Cory was referring to the symmetric ciphers Blowfish and Twofish developed by Schneier and coworkers and then unsuccessfully cryptanalyzed by them.

See also

* Bruce Schneier
* Security through obscurity
* Full disclosure

References

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