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Article #2838Re: DES (Was: Re: 800MHz
From: Owen Lewis
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:24
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:24
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-=> Quoting Steven Bellovin to All <=-
SB> (b) There have been persistent rumors that NSA sabotaged DES. No one
SB> has ever produced any *evidence*, as opposed to likelihood theories.
Another "likelihood theory":
What first world government permits the use of DES for the protection
of classified material? Does the US government? I believe not.
And while we are discussing theories, I believe James Bamforth, the NSA
watcher, went on record some time ago with a claim that the cost to the US
taxpayer for breaking each DES ciphertext is $56. Can anyone supply the
assumptions from which he must have made this extrapolation?
.. As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
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