1993-10-04 - Re: Triple DES products hitting market

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From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)
To: Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com
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Message ID: <9310042115.AA15693@ellisun.sw.stratus.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1993-10-04 21:19:07 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 14:19:07 PDT

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From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 14:19:07 PDT
To: Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com
Subject: Re: Triple DES products hitting market
Message-ID: <9310042115.AA15693@ellisun.sw.stratus.com>
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poor writing.

It uses 112 bits of key

	E(k1, D(k2, E(k1, x ) ) )

and they use CFB(1) mode around an ECB triple-DES, using their
own silicon which runs triple-DES at least 2M encryptions/sec.

(I called earlier today to get the info.)

 - Carl





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