Re: TEA (was Re: filesystem encryption)

Alex Alten (Andrade@netcom.com)
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 19:06:07 -0700

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At 04:20 PM 6/24/98 -0400, mgraffam@mhv.net wrote:
>Uh.. why not just use a hash algoritm to hash a passphrase down to
>128 bits, if you really only want 64, just truncate it.

Never truncate a hash, unless you understand its design.

- Alex

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