Kryptosis a sculpture by American artistJames Sanbornlocated on the grounds of theCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA)in Langley, Virginia, in the United States. Since its dedication on November 3, 1990, there has been much speculation about the meaning of the encrypted messages it bears. It contin...
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It is well known by now that encryption without authentication is insufficient, and many chosen-ciphertext attacks on improperly authenticated ciphertexts are now commonplace. Authenticated encryption—constructions that both encrypt and authenticate plaintexts in one sitting—are widespread at this point,...
This does not rule out that there is possibly another graph labelled "Bottom #4" that could be missing? Layer Two?) Some thoughts here: It is quite clear here that the "Q" belongs to K3 and the "?" to K4. K3 might serve as a lookup system: This would account for the double Q...