[41871] in Cypherpunks
Re: responce to graphic encryption replies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tatu Ylonen)
Fri Oct 20 21:00:35 1995
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 19:30:56 +0200
From: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
To: privsoft@ix.netcom.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199510191953.MAA29605@ix10.ix.netcom.com>
(privsoft@ix.netcom.com)
> PrivaSoft uses a pseudo-random generator that is seeded by a 9 digit
> number uniformly normalized from the user's secret key. The engine is
> proprietary, designed according to the rules of modern cryptology to
> make the best use of the allowable key length.
Uhhuh, 32 bit keys? Now you have really convinced me that it is not
secure even against the neighbours bright young kids.
Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
