[52491] in Cypherpunks
Microchip Technologies and Nanoteq
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arley Carter)
Fri Mar 22 12:00:55 1996
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 11:18:42 -0500 ("EST)
From: Arley Carter <ac@hawk.twinds.com>
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Microchip Technologies, the "PIC" people, according to the grapevine is
introducing smart card products apparently based upon Nanoteq's
algorithm's. Microchip calls it "Keeloq Code Hopping". Bruce Schneier's
short description of the Nanoteq algorithm (p 390 2nd edition Applied
Crypto ) is not too favorable. I'm not sure how code hopping interacts or
is used in the system.
Can anybody shed further light on this subject and the viability of this
cryptographic system?
Regards:
-arc
Arley Carter
Tradewinds Technologies, Inc.
email: ac@hawk.twinds.com
www: http://www.twinds.com
"Trust me. This is a secure product. I'm from <insert your favorite
corporation or government agency>."
