[82104] in Cypherpunks
Re: Bullshit RE: HACKERS SMASH U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Back)
Fri Jun 20 08:00:35 1997
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 19:43:29 +0100
From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
To: vin@shore.net
Cc: paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk, cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
In-Reply-To: <v03007803afcf197b5cfb@[198.115.179.81]> (message from Vin
McLellan on Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:18:02 -0500)
Reply-To: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Vin McLellan <vin@shore.net> writes:
> Then Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk> the sage moderator of
> Cryptography.Uk stepped in:
>
> >Not only that, but single DES with a 56 bit key is just not being used
> >anymore in any company which has the slightest clue. If they can run a
> >distributed crack on 3DES with independent subkeys then I`ll give them
> >some attention.
>
> You've convinced me, the UK _is_ on a different planet!
Nah, it's just Paul :-)
Perhaps he should rephrase that to no one with a clue _should_ be
using single DES. Clearly lots are in practice, in spite of their
better judgement for political reasons. The US government influence
via their export controls being a major factor pushing the practice of
using too short key lengths.
What's cryptography.uk?
Adam
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