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1998-11-06 - Re: new 448 bit key by Indian firm

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From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
To: bill.stewart@pobox.com
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UTC Datetime: 1998-11-06 00:43:16 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:43:16 +0800

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From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:43:16 +0800
To: bill.stewart@pobox.com
Subject: Re: new 448 bit key by Indian firm
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Bill Stewart writes:
> 448 bits sounds a lot like MD5-based encryption - perhaps
> Luby-Rackoff or MDC?  Or a homegrown system, doing successive MD5s
> or something?  MD5 is no longer the safest hash these days....

More likely Blowfish for two reasons i) the article mentioned blowfish
at the bottom (;-), and ii) blowfish keys can be up to 448 bits.

Could be snake oil, or could be result of letting marketroid near
press release.  The press release was very confused in general.

Adam

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