From: ? the Platypus {aka David Formosa} <dformosa@st.nepean.uws.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 07:12:20 +0800
To: Jason William RENNIE <jrennie@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Comparing Cryptographic Key Sizes
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On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, Jason William RENNIE wrote:

My first suggestion is to get hold of "Applied Cryptography" by Bruse
Schneier, my second suggestion is to find out if your uni runs causes in
infomation securaty (sounds something like that) and get into it via an
elective.

[...]

> Well i guess i'll look stupid for asking but someone has to but what is 
> the diffrence ??

A symtiric cryptosystem is one where the encrption key is the same as the
decryption key.  A nonsytric cryptosystem is one where the encryption key
is diffrent but realted to the decrytion key.

Non-symtric keys are normal weeker because there has to be that realtion
between the keys.

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I'm sorry but I just don't consider 'because its yukky' a convinceing argument