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Article #2157Re: Status of DES, or "Is the DES Standard PD?"
From: Uri Blumenthal
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:57
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:57
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In article <Bz98An.BLJ@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley) writes: |> I always assumed that the only reason the NSA could have for attempting |> to suppress RSA while promoting DES would be that they've got DES |> cracked, and they Know the Secret of the S-Boxes. a) It's news to me, that NSA "supressed" RSA. b) If absolutely prohibiting any export of DES is "promoting" it - then our definitions of terms are indeed different. c) Some people consider DES too slow for routine encryption and seek maybe-less-secure-but-faster alternatives. What then about RSA? What but the key exchange is it good for? Encrypt my hard drive? Tape archive? Online digitized voice? -- Regards, Uri. uri@watson.ibm.com ------------ <Disclaimer>
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!yktnews!admin!aixproj!uri From: uri@watson.ibm.com (Uri Blumenthal) Subject: Re: Status of DES, or "Is the DES Standard PD?" Sender: news@watson.ibm.com (NNTP News Poster) Message-ID: <1992Dec14.205743.129591@watson.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:57:43 GMT Reply-To: uri@watson.ibm.com Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM References: <1992Dec11.075845.27376@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> <1992Dec11.201151.145881@watson.ibm.com> <1gb7obINN3tp@gap.caltech.edu> <Bz98An.BLJ@dcs.ed.ac.uk> Nntp-Posting-Host: aixproj.watson.ibm.com Organization: Drop off, you ****... Lines: 18