From: Childers James <ic58@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 95 02:03:29 PDT
To: Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com>
Subject: Re: "S-1" key schedule
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On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, Matt Blaze wrote:

> My money still says the "TOP SECRET" markings and other clues that
> suggest that "S-1" has something to do with Skipjack are a hoax.

Has anyone checked to see if this is just an older but obscure published 
algorithm? If it uses an 80-bit key, that tells me it's not too old, but 
I'm new to this stuff.

If it is a new algorithm, is it just a variant, or something completely 
new? 

[Sorry in advance if this is noise...]