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Article #2630Re: DES, etc
From: Larry Loen
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:27
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:27
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In article <e2oNwB1w165w@west.darkside.com>, sspy@west.darkside.com (mshannon) writes:
|> Another question, gentlemen, if you would:
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|> When one says they "assume the spooks have been able to break the DES" is
|> that assumed to be in CBC or only in ECB mode?
As far as I recall, this is a theory versus practice issue. Breaking DES
in ECB mode should also permit, in theory, CBC mode to be broken also.
But, the attacks against ECB alone are slightly easier than the attacks
against CBC mode.
|>
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--
Larry W. Loen | My Opinions are decidedly my own, so please
| do not attribute them to my employer
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!yktnews!admin!wo0z!lwloen From: lwloen@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Larry Loen) Subject: Re: DES, etc Sender: news@rchland.ibm.com Message-ID: <1992Dec31.192718.23152@rchland.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:27:18 GMT Reply-To: lwloen@rchland.vnet.ibm.com Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM References: <e2oNwB1w165w@west.darkside.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: wo0z.rchland.ibm.com Organization: IBM Rochester Lines: 17