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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:20:45 ADT
Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:08:17 -0400
"Myron Lewis" writes:
> I'd like to ask all you "experts" out there if you think it's possible that
> DES can be resurrected using something like the ASK ToolKit (tm).
>
> If you don't know anything about the ASK ToolKit (tm), you can find out
> about it at www.keygen.com. You can also download the ToolKit and request a
> copy of the KeyGen DES/ASK Demo FTP.
>
> While the ASK ToolKit (tm) may look and smell like "snakeoil" (anything we
> didn't think of ourselves), you may find after a careful and unbiased
> inspection that it tastes like ambrosia.
Actually, at very, very best, it looks and smells like a proprietary
symmetric key based alternative to a much better protocol -- public
key authenticated Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
I did not spend enough time on your site to determine for certain if
you are selling snake oil (I tried, but could not find, a detailed
explanation of your protocol -- I had to make do with the rough
description), but I don't think that really matters given that I saw
enough to make me NOT want to use your package. At the very least, a
lot of the language on your web site did not lead me to believe that
you guys understand the issues very well.
I would not recommend that anyone use your product based on available
information.
Sorry to be blunt, but you asked.
Perry
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:20:45 ADT