Re: [STDS-P1619] Applicability of recent attacks on AES-256 to IEEE 1619 modes

[Shai Halevi <shaih@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shai Halevi wrote:
> Matt Ball wrote:
>> I'm sure you've all seen the recent news on cryptographic breaks of
>> AES-256. [...]
> 
> These results are all related-key attacks. (Quoting a famous
> cryptanalyst, "related-key attacks are what you publish if you
> couldn't get any real attack.")

That, of course, was said as a joke (reading my email I realized that
it didn't really convey that..)

-- Shai