From: Steve Bryan <sbryan@vendorsystems.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:36:06 -0700 (PDT)
To: FTPPork@aol.com
Subject: Re: DES Ecryption
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>Hey, could anyone tell me what process DES Encryption goes through, or point
>me to a site with the information?
>
>Thanx
>-Buzz-
>P.S. Please no flames because I am on AOL...

This may not be the absolute best place to start but it is certainly current:

<http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/Crypto_misc/DESCracker/>

This describes the efforts made to show why a 56 bit key for DES is just
too short for many purposes. You can probably branch out from links you
find there to get more details about S-boxes and other topics.

Steve Bryan
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