From: Michael J Gebis <gebis@ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 03:27:52 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: RC2 code on sci.crypt
Message-ID: <199601301702.MAA04511@purcell.ecn.purdue.edu>
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Alex Strasheim <cp@proust.suba.com> wrote:
> > For those not paying attention, there is RC2 code on sci.crypt.  RSADSI
> > is acting as if it is real, and will publish some legal posturing about
> > it real soon now.  
> 
> On sci.crypt Bruce said it was a crummy algorithm...

What he actually said was, "It's not obviously a lousy algorithm," or
something like that.  I took this to mean, "in the few hours I've had
to look at the code, I have not spotted any obvious problems."

He couldn't say, "It's obviously not junk," because non-junkiness is
never obvious.

-- 
Mike Gebis  gebis@ecn.purdue.edu