paveldurov

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by paveldurov 7y ago
If you'd like to join our legal team you can reply with your résumé!
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by paveldurov 13y ago
Not sure hiring a US security firm is a safer approach than crowdsourcing using the power of the global community. After all, Matasano's tptacek obviously did spend some of his time inspecting and criticizing Telegram this week. Howeve
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by paveldurov 13y ago
By that logic, Linux, Chrome, Android are RIP at least a hundred times.
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by paveldurov 13y ago
I'm excited by the insight and modesty of this guy. I will see to it that he gets a mighty prize. It's great to see how open software can leverage the power of the community to find weak spots and become stronger.
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by paveldurov 13y ago
Well, when some of this "research" you promote ends up being backdoors planted by NSA ( http://reut.rs/192XWwG ), one has to be cautious. Personally, I am more comfortable with 70s algorithms like Diffie-Hellman tha
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by paveldurov 13y ago
> Your problem is not your crypto. Your problem is the attitude. OK, now I can see your point. Thank you for taking the time to reply and share advice.
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by paveldurov 13y ago
With all due respect, nothing can be "obvious" unless it is proven. You cannot take something for granted just because a respected cryptographer says that. Not after we learned that NSA pushes backdoors using respected firms and p
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by paveldurov 13y ago
The wish to broaden the contest is understandable and already taken into account http://bit.ly/1htlEod What I was saying in the comment above, however, had nothing to do with the contest. I expressed concern about tptacek&#
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by paveldurov 13y ago
After reading tptacek's comments in the latest thread about Telegram https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6940665 I can only agree. He insisted Telegram team should abandon its custom solution without providing any act
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by paveldurov 13y ago
If the advice comes from tptacek, you should probably do the opposite. He insisted this was NOT a backdoor: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6944118
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by paveldurov 13y ago
Scientific approach is exactly what I'm calling for here. When a cryptographer resorts to arguments like "this algorithm won't work because it is not common/modern/accepted" without providing an exact way to br
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by paveldurov 13y ago
> But a modern cryptosystem ... would use a AEAD mode, like AES-GCM But really, it is funny how rigidly you stick to NSA Suite B Cryptography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_Suite_B_Cryptography That, your fierce
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by paveldurov 13y ago
Alas, I am not a cryptographer and not even a member of the Telegram team. I'm just a guy who backs Telegram financially and proposed to start their contest. I described my motives behind it here https://news.ycombinator.com
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by paveldurov 13y ago
As mentioned at http://core.telegram.org/contestfaq if more tools to interact with the traffic are needed for the contestants to crack Telegram, they will be provided in the next contest right after 1 March, 2014. The curre
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by paveldurov 13y ago
abcd_f, I'm not part of the Telegram team, nor am I a cryptographer. However, I do support these guys, and for the last 3 days I saw the Telegram team diligently reply tech questions in Twitter, HN and blogs. I saw them collect questio
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by paveldurov 13y ago
I agree with you here. That is why such contests are going to be permanent in Telegram. New contests like this will be launched in March 2014 or earlier if anyone wins earlier. Consider the date for breaking Telegram open.
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by paveldurov 13y ago
http://core.telegram.org/techfaq#q-how-are-telegram-users-pr...
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by paveldurov 13y ago
Let me respectfully disagree with you here. Secret Chats in Telegram provide users with a way to detect a server-side MITM attack. http://core.telegram.org/techfaq#q-how-are-telegram-users-pr...
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by paveldurov 13y ago
I'm afraid breaking into Telegram's central server (by the way, there is no such thing) will hardly enable you to decipher end-to-end encrypted secret chats. But certainly worth trying anyway.
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by paveldurov 13y ago
If the winner prefers regular USD over BTC, we will provide USD.
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by paveldurov 13y ago
If you don't like BTC and other cryptocurrencies, we will be happy to transfer regular 200,000 USD to you after you win. It's up to you.