From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 19:16:21 +0800
To: vin@shore.net
Subject: Re: Bullshit RE: HACKERS SMASH U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION
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Vin McLellan <vin@shore.net> writes:
> 	Then Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk> the sage moderator of
> Cryptography.Uk stepped in:
> 
> >Not only that, but single DES with a 56 bit key is just not being used
> >anymore in any company which has the slightest clue. If they can run a
> >distributed crack on 3DES with independent subkeys then I`ll give them
> >some attention.
> 
> 	You've convinced me, the UK _is_ on a different planet!

Nah, it's just Paul :-)

Perhaps he should rephrase that to no one with a clue _should_ be
using single DES.  Clearly lots are in practice, in spite of their
better judgement for political reasons.  The US government influence
via their export controls being a major factor pushing the practice of
using too short key lengths.

What's cryptography.uk?

Adam
-- 
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