1994-01-28 - Re: clipper pin-compatible chip
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From: Matthew J Ghio <mg5n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: drzaphod@brewmeister.xstablu.com (DrZaphod)
Message Hash: 1961a7a4ecdad6f557c9699b93001e83fc4c9aed2580c133a1730a737b47cf16
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UTC Datetime: 1994-01-28 04:47:46 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 27 Jan 94 20:47:46 PST
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From: Matthew J Ghio <mg5n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 94 20:47:46 PST
To: drzaphod@brewmeister.xstablu.com (DrZaphod)
Subject: Re: clipper pin-compatible chip
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drzaphod@brewmeister.xstablu.com wrote:
> Couldn't one compress the IDEA key to 10 bytes and 3?
> The hardware wouldn't notice and since you'd be using an
> IDEA chip on both sides it could decompress and verify on the
> other end.
Sure - but you're still restricting the keyspace to 10 bytes.
Why not just forget trying to fit it into the clipper system and build a
better encryptor from the beginning?
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