From: Theodor.SCHLICKMANN@bxl.dg13.cec.be
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 23:48:09 +0800
To: <cypherpunks@algebra.com>
Subject: New Encryption Code
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Reuters News published on Thu May 8 the following:
(extracts only)

>IBM Researchers devise new encryption code

snip

>Encryption products, which scramble information and render
>it unreadable without a password or software "key", have
>become an increasingly important component of global
>communications and online commerce over the Internet.

>"This is a pioneering accomplishment in the field of
>cryptography and a big step toward the ultimate in
>cryptography --  a truly invincible mathematically
>proven method for protecting private computer
>information from unwanted viewing," said Ashok
>Chandra, a manager of computer science at IBM's
>Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif.

>The system was invented by computer scientists Miklos
>Ajtai and Cynthia Dwork of IBM's Almaden lab.

snip

The complete message disappeard the other day and my
follow up investigations failed.

Does somebody have more information than what was
given in the message by Reuters.


Theodor Schlickmann