1995-02-11 - Re: Bernstein

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From: Alan Barrett <barrett@daisy.ee.und.ac.za>
To: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-02-11 11:16:37 UTC
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From: Alan Barrett <barrett@daisy.ee.und.ac.za>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 95 03:16:37 PST
To: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
Subject: Re: Bernstein
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> djb@silverton wrote a few crypto thinks, including a cute modification
> of the snefru hash that turned it into a crypto scheme called shuffle.
> my guess is that he put it out on the net for ftp...

I don't think Dan Bernstein made shuffle available, but he did get into a
fight with various branches/departments/agencies of the US government
about his right to publish it.

--apb (Alan Barrett)





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