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1996-03-07 - Re: SEAL cipher info requested (something actually list related!)

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Christopher Allen <ChristopherA@consensus.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-07 17:33:01 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 01:33:01 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 01:33:01 +0800
To: Christopher Allen <ChristopherA@consensus.com>
Subject: Re: SEAL cipher info requested (something actually list related!)
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Christopher Allen writes:
> At 4:27 PM 1/27/96, Anonymous wrote:
> >Anybody have info on the SEAL cipher?  I can't find any
> >descriptions or analysis of it.  Refs, proceedings or URLS
> >would be a good thing.
> 
> I also am interested in references to it.
> 
> I'm told that it was invented by a cryptographer at IBM, and that it
> patented, so that should help in the search.

Its a Don Coppersmith creation. It is blazingly fast. I believe it is
patented.

Perry

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