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[Noise] Re: MISTY Algorithm

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Thu Oct 10 17:07:56 1996

Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 13:44:44 -0700
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com

At 09:12 AM 10/10/96 -0400, John Young wrote:
>Nikkei Industrial Daily, October 08, 1996

>Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said it has released the design 
>principles for its data encryption algorithm MISTY. In 
>doing so, the company can enlist third-party users to 
>evaluate the integrity and power of its encryption 
>algorithm and gain wider name recognition for MISTY.

I beleive this algorythm was created by a Dr. Clayton Forrester of the
Gizmotics institute.

I could reveal the source to you, but then I would have to kill you with a
forklift.


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