1995-10-30 - Re: MD4-derived hash functions

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From: Mark <mark@lochard.com.au>
To: daw@quito.CS.Berkeley.EDU (David A Wagner)
Message Hash: e1b314d53e81076a9d48cbe01bdf7533f5709e82d9e1d55ce2d17878435c5c62
Message ID: <199510300353.AA55657@junkers.lochard.com.au>
Reply To: <199510290028.UAA12628@book.hks.net>
UTC Datetime: 1995-10-30 05:32:14 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:32:14 +0800

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From: Mark <mark@lochard.com.au>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:32:14 +0800
To: daw@quito.CS.Berkeley.EDU (David A Wagner)
Subject: Re: MD4-derived hash functions
In-Reply-To: <199510290028.UAA12628@book.hks.net>
Message-ID: <199510300353.AA55657@junkers.lochard.com.au>
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>The conclusion to take away from this is simple: double encryption
>doesn't give you much extra security over single encryption.  Don't
>use double encryption.

That doesnt make sense. If one accepts that double encryption is securer than
single encryption, wether marginally or twice as secure, why not use it?

I would rather stand behind a steel door and a wooden door than a steel door
alone if anyone was shooting rounds at me.

Cheers,
Mark
mark@lochard.com.au

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    • 1995-10-27 (Fri, 27 Oct 1995 12:30:13 +0800) - Re: MD4-derived hash functions - John Lull <lull@acm.org>
      • 1995-10-29 (Sun, 29 Oct 1995 08:46:40 +0800) - Re: MD4-derived hash functions - daw@quito.CS.Berkeley.EDU (David A Wagner)
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          • 1995-10-30 (Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:36:15 +0800) - Re: MD4-derived hash functions - Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>