Re: The Cost of Snakeoil

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Paulo Barreto (pbarreto@nw.com.br)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 22:19:06 -0300


Perry E. Metzger wrote:

>| OTOH, I wouldn't use skipjack, given Eli Biham's recent results. They
>| don't break it, but they do make one wonder a bit.

Adam Shostack added:

>somewhat complex. With all that complexity, its surprising that there
>are so many variants that can be broken (and broken so quickly).

Could this be a signal that public cryptanalysis knowledge is approaching
(or might have even exceeded) NSA's capabilities (not counting computing
power)?

Paulo Barreto.


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