Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Sep 2000 19:51:32 +0000 | From | Marc Mutz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update |
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Gisle S{lensminde wrote: > <snip> > Predictable data in > the last DES subkey would probably open up for certain attacks. > <snip>
meet-in-the-middle with complexity at most 2*2**54 if the last key is known. The right way to do this would be to create a random key and use that for encryption. However, how do you protect the random key?
Marc
-- Marc Mutz <Marc@Mutz.com> http://marc.mutz.com/Encryption-HOWTO/ University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
PGP-keyID's: 0xd46ce9ab (RSA), 0x7ae55b9e (DSS/DH)
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