Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:50:11 -0600 (EST) | From | Russell Steffen <> | Subject | Re: New possible source for cryptographic algorithm |
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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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