🚀 go-pugleaf

In <1494@eouk9.eoe.co.uk>, Andrew Haley (ahaley@eoe.co.uk) writes

> Another possibility is using a hash function such as MD4 as a stream
> cipher generator.  One advantage of using stream ciphers is that the
> stream can be generated offline, so that when you want to transmit a
> message it can be done instantly.  The total processing time to
> encrypt will not be any less, but the stream can be generated while
> the processor would otherwise be idle, effectively reducing the
> encryption overhead to zero.

I'm not sure how practical this technique is, I believe that IBM owns
a patent on it.  And it won't be expiring for even further in the
future than the RSA patents!!!

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