From: "Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 02:56:28 +0800
To: EVERHART@Arisia.GCE.Com
Subject: Re: Making encoding out of an authentication cipher
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On 17 Jul 96 at 19:36, EVERHART@Arisia.GCE.Com wrote:

> Had an interesting thought, maybe worth passing on for commentary.
> 
> (...since "authentication" ciphers are considered "harmless" by
> those interested in spying on your info...)
> 
> Suppose you have a secure hash function H(msg) that delivers a random
[..]

There's a section in Schneier's Applied Cryptography about using hash 
algorithms for ciphers.  There are several ways of doing this, 
although some are stronger than others.

One you adapt the hash algorithm to a cipher, it's a cipher, not a 
hash algorithm, and is regulated.

Rob
 
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