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Re: IBM press release - encryption and authentication

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paulo S. L. M. Barreto)
Mon Dec 11 00:51:00 2000

From: "Paulo S. L. M. Barreto" <paulo.barreto@terra.com.br>
To: Bram Cohen <bram@gawth.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:35:49 -0200
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On Fri, 08 Dec 2000, Bram Cohen wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, P.J. Ponder wrote:
> 
> > from: http://www.ibm.com/news/2000/11/30.phtml
> > 
> > IBM develops algorithm that encrypts and authenticates simultaneously 
> 
> No word, of course, on how the thing actually works, or whether they
> intend to patent it.

A description of Jutla's mode of operation is available from NIST's AES site.
And yes, IBM has filed patent for it.

Cheers,

Paulo Barreto.


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