1995-01-16 - Re: Crypto functions

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From: Jonathan Cooper <entropy@IntNet.net>
To: Ian Farquhar <ianf@sydney.sgi.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-01-16 05:04:09 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 15 Jan 95 21:04:09 PST

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From: Jonathan Cooper <entropy@IntNet.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 95 21:04:09 PST
To: Ian Farquhar <ianf@sydney.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: Crypto functions
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> Well, I wasn't the original person who said that they wouldn't use it,
> but I would agree.  It's too new.  It looks very good so far, but until it's
> been through a lot more analysis than Blowfish has received so far, it is
> too much of an unknown quantity.

   Ah.  Incidentally, I wasn't just being a wiseass when I asked why, I 
wanted to know.  

   Has no one significantly cryptanalysed Blowfish yet?

-jon

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• 1995-01-10 (Tue, 10 Jan 95 13:34:06 PST) - Crypto functions - “L. Todd Masco” <cactus@hks.net>
  • 1995-01-10 (Tue, 10 Jan 95 14:08:54 PST) - Re: Crypto functions - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
    • 1995-01-15 (Sun, 15 Jan 95 12:46:22 PST) - Re: Crypto functions - Jonathan Cooper <entropy@IntNet.net>
      • 1995-01-16 (Sun, 15 Jan 95 16:56:51 PST) - Re: Crypto functions - “Ian Farquhar” <ianf@sydney.sgi.com>
        • 1995-01-16 (Sun, 15 Jan 95 21:04:09 PST) - Re: Crypto functions - Jonathan Cooper <entropy@IntNet.net>
          • 1995-01-16 (Sun, 15 Jan 95 23:04:34 PST) - Cryptanalysis of Blowfish (Was: Re: Crypto functions) - Michael Handler <grendel@netaxs.com>
        • 1995-01-16 (Mon, 16 Jan 95 11:59:00 PST) - Re: Crypto functions - cactus@seabsd.hks.net (Gone Fission)
  • 1995-01-13 (Thu, 12 Jan 95 19:49:56 PST) - Re: Crypto functions - chen@intuit.com (Mark Chen)
    • 1995-01-13 (Thu, 12 Jan 95 21:46:02 PST) - Re: Crypto functions - “Ian Farquhar” <ianf@sydney.sgi.com>