[14501] in Cypherpunks
Re: FWD: Encryption for Newton
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Prime Positive)
Tue May 31 19:04:41 1994
Date: Tue, 31 May 94 14:57 PDT
From: jpp@jpplap.markv.com (Jay Prime Positive)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199405312244.PAA23166@netcom.netcom.com> (plaz@netcom.com)
> Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 15:44:56 -0700
> From: plaz@netcom.com (Plaz)
>
> > From: R._Braithwaite-Lee@magic-bbs.corp.apple.com
> >
> > modules or for testing their apps with nCrypt for compatibility. The
> > algorithms used by nCrypt will be made available in a technical note for
> > review. There may even be another of those cash prizes for breaking the
> > system...
This is a bad sign. They didn't use IDEA or 3DES it seams. On the
other hand, they are making the encryption algorithm available for
study, which is good news.
j'
