Re: DES (Was: Re: 800MHz

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From: Lyle_Seaman
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 10:26

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Owen.Lewis@purplet.demon.co.uk (Owen Lewis) writes:
>  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.

I would bet that this is because they want classified material to be 
safe for a hundred years or so.  They recognize that DES (while it may
be relatively safe for the near future) will be highly vulnerable to
brute-force attack within 50 years, and they have a lot of secrets
they'd rather no one found out about.   It doesn't have to be because
there are hidden flaws in DES.

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