Messages in this thread | | | From | (Matt) | Subject | Re: DES code in the kernel | Date | 18 Jul 1996 23:46:18 -0400 |
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Herbert Rosmanith (herp@wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at) wrote: : You know that IBM originally came up with an 128bit key DES, but was : requested by the NSA to reduce it to 56 ? And that the NSA tried to : suppress diploma thesis and ph.d. thesis on the area ? Trust DES : only as much as you trust the NSA ...
Unfortunatly another problem is what other FREE for comercial use cyphers are there? IDEA is not free... :)
This DES has an NSA backdoor has been hashed in and out on sci.crypt forever... What appeared to be a common theme was that, yes, the NSA told IBM to weaken the algo, but the algo has also been around for a long time for people to attack. The most common thing you are told to do is to run Triple-DES, as it is more secure than Single 56bit DES.
Follow ups should go to sci.crypt... :) -- -Matt (panzer@dhp.com) DI-1-9026 "That which can never be enforced should not be prohibited."
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