[14802] in Cypherpunks
Re: Clipper LEAF simulator chip???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Jun 6 12:56:23 1994
To: jp@jep.pld.ttu.ee (Jyri Poldre)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Jun 1994 15:44:52 +0300."
<9406061244.AA03192@jep.pld.ttu.ee>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 12:47:10 -0400
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
> As far asi I know there has been no direct info about how the checksum
> is calculated, only that it is somehow connected to IV.
According to the NSA talk at MIT last week, the "checksum" is formed
by taking a 16-bit, fixed number (fixed in all chips) and encrypting
it with the session key via some special form of skipjack.
-derek
Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, G MIT Media Laboratory
Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
Home page: http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/home_page.html
warlord@MIT.EDU PP-ASEL N1NWH PGP key available
