[25148] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crypto functions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue Jan 10 17:18:27 1995
To: "L. Todd Masco" <cactus@hks.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jan 1995 16:39:02 EST."
<199501102139.QAA00961@bb.hks.net>
Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 17:08:17 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
"L. Todd Masco" says:
> What crypto functions are considered modern and usable? The list I have
> right now is:
>
> RSA
> IDEA
> DES
> 3DES
> RC4
> RC5
> BLOWFISH
> MD4
> MD5
I wouldn't use BLOWFISH. MD4 is flawed -- and its a hash function, not
a crypto function (as is MD5). RC5 is very, very new. RC4 hasn't been
well studied in the open literature yet, though it is quite promising.
.pm
