1993-10-15 - Re: DES

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From: Matthew J Ghio <mg5n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Reply To: <9310141751.AA06344@anon.penet.fi>
UTC Datetime: 1993-10-15 00:32:04 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 17:32:04 PDT

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From: Matthew J Ghio <mg5n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 17:32:04 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: DES
In-Reply-To: <9310141751.AA06344@anon.penet.fi>
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Wonderer wrote:

> I don't think it takes the cube of it. There are 56 bits in
> one key, and 112 bits in two keys, so there could not be
> an entropy of more than 112 bits to triple DES. It is no
> more cryptographically secure than double DES because it
> uses 2 keys.

Wouldn't "triple-DES" imply three keys, or did I miss something?

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