[48805] in Cypherpunks
Re: Two bits, Four Bits, ETC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed Jan 31 11:01:55 1996
To: Brian D Williams <talon57@well.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jan 1996 10:53:55 PST."
<199601301853.KAA13801@well.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:58:08 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Brian D Williams writes:
> Excellent point Bill! Lets not forget that IBM owns Lotus Notes, be
> sure to include that in your bashing. They caved in on Lucifer
> after all. ;)
Lucifer isn't stronger than DES, so it wasn't a cave in. An
understanding of differential cryptanalysis makes all the
difference...
