Re: The Fallacy of Cracking Contests

Anonymous (nobody@replay.com)
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 01:37:12 +0100

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On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 08:25:03PM -0600, Bruce Schneier wrote:
> boring), they never bother analyzing the systems. This is why COMP128,
> CMEA, ORYX, the Firewire cipher, the DVD cipher, and the Netscape PRNG were
> all broken within months of their disclosure (despite the fact that some of

Firewire cipher cryptanalyzed? Does anyone have more details?

As I remember, the Intel announcement said the standard allowed a choice
of either a modified Blowfish cipher or something called "M6". I haven't
seen details of either algo, or any analysis results, in public.

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