[24532] in Cypherpunks
Re: voice encryption for portable PCs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Tue Dec 27 12:40:11 1994
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 11:30:11 -0559
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: nobody@jpunix.com (Anonymous)
an109574@anon.penet.fi wrote:
> I fully expect Phil's voice encryption software to become the de facto
> telephonic standard just as PGP became the Internet standard. Cogon's
> Aquafone, while commendable, has the disadvantage of employing DES.
> I presume Phil will select a more resilient conventional algorithm.
I don't see any reason to believe that triple DES is less secure than other
currently popular algorithms such as IDEA, although 3DES does require
somewhat more processor power.
