Re: VC2000 "Update"

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From: David desJardins
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1987 21:16

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In article <1207@frog.UUCP> john@frog.UUCP (John Woods, Software) writes:
>Some time ago, Shamir (I think) demonstrated that
>DES was untrustworthy by concocting a similar encryption scheme, showing it
>to people who examined it and decided that it was as secure as DES itself --
>then he showed them the trapdoor hidden in the tables.  Thus, the belief that
>DES _can_ have no trapdoor is undermined.

   This is, I believe, false.  It is true that many people have tried to do
this, but no such successful effort has been reported.

   -- David desJardins

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From: desj@brahms.Berkeley.EDU (David desJardins)
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Subject: Re: VC2000 "Update"
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