24, Blowfish, Bruce Schneier, and LOL

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Quick note about the latest 24 episode (7×14). When FBI needed to decrypt an email that was sent using the Blowfish cipher, a “level 6 analyst” walks into a computer and says:

“The designer of this algorithm built a backdoor into the code. Decryption is a piece of cake if you know the override codes.”

Five seconds later, the file is decrypted :)

I guess Bruce Scheier, the author of the original cipher, should not be happy to hear this on a TV show :P

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  1. avatar Carlos Rodrigues Fri 20 March, 2009 02:46

    Given that he didn’t take it very well when the Rinjdael chiper got chosen to be the new AES, instead of his Twofish cipher…

  2. avatar Carlos Rodrigues Fri 20 March, 2009 03:19

    By the way, check out the thread on Schneier’s blog: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/03/blowfish_on_24_1.html

  3. avatar Ruben Fonseca Fri 20 March, 2009 03:23

    AHAHA @carlos I didn’t know Bruce wrote about it too :D too funny!!!

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