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SubjectRe: New possible source for cryptographic algorithm
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Billy Harvey wrote:

> A young lady in Ireland has developed a cryptographic algorithm that
> at first look provides significantly better speed than RSA. She is
> thinking of releasing the algorithm under open source. The article
> seems relevant to the kernel due to the recent discussions of
> cryptographic hooks. An open source algorithm would be well accepted
> by many users of Linux.
>
> http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990114S0014

As nice as a free, open source, patent-unencumbered replacement for RSA
would be, some caution is called for. It would be prudent to wait until
the system has been subjected to some rigorous crytanalysis first, lest we
discover six moths after adopting it that it can be trivially broken with
pencil and paper.

Russ Steffen
rsteffen@ia.net



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