Cyph3rp9nk on Nostr: Kerckhoffs' cryptography principle (also called Kerckhoffs' desideratum, assumption, ...
Kerckhoffs' cryptography principle (also called Kerckhoffs' desideratum, assumption, axiom, doctrine, or law) was stated by Dutch cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs in the 19th century. The principle states that a cryptosystem must be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge. This concept is widely adopted by cryptographers, in contrast to security through obscurity, which is not."
Most hardware wallets violate this principle.
Published at
2026-01-01 13:08:13 UTCEvent JSON
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"id": "aa6b472391a08f1ec56712e6936acf1479199e404640cce9c3bc3f77c71b5fa8",
"pubkey": "fcf70a45cfa817eaa813b9ba8a375d713d3169f4a27f3dcac3d49112df67d37e",
"created_at": 1767272893,
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"content": "Kerckhoffs' cryptography principle (also called Kerckhoffs' desideratum, assumption, axiom, doctrine, or law) was stated by Dutch cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs in the 19th century. The principle states that a cryptosystem must be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge. This concept is widely adopted by cryptographers, in contrast to security through obscurity, which is not.\"\n\nMost hardware wallets violate this principle.\n",
"sig": "3e9765397c3e70e01a2a68ff4530b3699769d0ee81969a2f2da967e49e77abc502e26ca0bce5627530c62790076e4a47d007e4451e0c62bb861a577774c05329"
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