From: Brian Durham <bdurham@metronet.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 15:08:10 +0800
To: Benjamin Grosman <bgrosman@healey.com.au>
Subject: Re: New Encryption Algorithm and Program
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Benjamin Grosman wrote:

> ... for my major assignment I wrote an encryption program under Turbo
> Pascal for Dos, version 7.0, and for this program I developed the algorithm
> myself...

> Many thanks....
> Ben

Ben:
   If you can, you may want to get a hold of this book:

   Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
   John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-59756-2

   It is a very good reference that will show you what the public 'state 
of the art' is.  [You might find that you have recreated something that 
has already been broken, or see weaknesses in your cipher like other 
cryptosystems in the book that have their faults exposed...]

    Happy hunting and hacking,
    Brian Durham
    bdurham@metronet.com