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4.19.1 019: Definition of requirement

The project will use only ciphers and hashes which are known to be secure. The definition of secure used includes: that the algorithm has sustained a reasonable length of analysis, that it can not be brute forced with current technology in less than a decade, and that there are no covert channels.



Michael Richardson
2001-11-27