[45358] in Cypherpunks
Re: Attacking Clipper with timing info?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Miller)
Thu Dec 14 00:20:25 1995
From: jim@bilbo.suite.com (Jim Miller)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 95 20:21:00 -0600
To: rittle@comm.mot.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Jim_Miller@bilbo.suite.com
> Without having the details of the algorithm, I suspect
> the answer is 'remotely possible, at best'.
>
> However, to extend what I suspect you were getting at:
>
> It would be very interesting to determine if the NSA knew
> about this crypto-design problem...
>
That was indeed what I was wondering. I expect we wont have to wait too
long before we hear whether Clipper chips require the same or a different
amount of time to encrypt/decrypt. Should be interesting.
Jim_Miller@suite.com
