[48589] in Cypherpunks
Re: RC2 code on sci.crypt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Strasheim)
Tue Jan 30 00:39:40 1996
From: Alex Strasheim <cp@proust.suba.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 23:31:35 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <199601300312.VAA06064@parka> from "Bruce Schneier" at Jan 29, 96 09:12:06 pm
> For those not paying attention, there is RC2 code on sci.crypt. RSADSI
> is acting as if it is real, and will publish some legal posturing about
> it real soon now.
On sci.crypt Bruce said it was a crummy algorithm...
Can anyone talk a little bit about it, what it's been used for, what
makes it weak/strong, etc.?
