| In case you've been asleep for the past few years, the AES competition is over. Rijndael won, two-fish lost. End of story. This book serves only as a historical artifact depicting Schneier's failed attempt at lasting fame and glory. Listen to the *real* crypto experts (i.e. the AES judges) and stick with the solution that they've chosen. The source code in this book is an ungodly mess that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. It is a mish-mash of poorly explained macros and pre-processor directives. It would take a divine miracle to get the source to compile (Scheier neglects to go into the details of how to do a build, he just throws the source code at you and expects you to figure it out). Perhaps, then, it's no surprise why team-Schneier lost AES. This book was just PR for the AES competition. Now that it's over, the only thing this book is good for is to prop a door open. |
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