From: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 14:26:49 +0800
To: frantz@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Mitsubishi MISTY LSI
Message-ID: <84388570628017@cs26.cs.auckland.ac.nz>
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>Does anyone have a reason not to consider this algorithm snake oil?  e.g.:
>
>Was it developed by a well known cryptographer?
>Has it been vetted by someone/some organization with reputation?
>
>I other words, why should we trust it?
 
It was developed by a team lead by Mitsuru Matsui and has been subject to
fairly intense analysis, although not by non-Mitsubishi people AFAIK.  In any
case it's not the usual snake oil.  When I last talked to someone from
Mitsubishi who was working on Misty I tried to convince them to make details
available online, you could try something like www.melco.co.jp to see if
there's anything available.
 
Peter.