Militaries use their own cryptographic algorithms, those of a private third party, or ones that are openly available.
But However, fear of a backdoor having been planted in publicly-available encryption protocols scares them--even even though it is technically possible to analyze cryptographic primitives and establish whether or not they are dorked.
- Is there any other advantage in hiding the algorithms and protocols a military uses for its systems?
Is there any other advantage in hiding the algorithms and protocols a military uses for its systems?