From: Michael Motyka <mmotyka@lsil.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 06:18:46 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: No Subject
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> Shift registers are cracked.
>
OK. But if used prior to another cipher wouldn't it substantially
complicate the job of, say, looking for English letter distributions in
a test decryption?

I like the other explanation of the hash isolating the key bits from the
whitening operation and adequately serving the same purpose as another
source.

> Traditional block ciphers are expensive bleach, take note.
> Unnecessary.
>
Expensive how? In terms of CPU time?
What alternative makes traditional block ciphers obsolete?