Re: On Hardware Implementations of DES...

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From: Da Smurf
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 08:58

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In article <1992Apr16.010949.24520@tfs.com>, kudzu@tfs.com (Michael Sierchio) writes...
>In article <1992Apr15.014849.16768@cs.cornell.edu> 
>>Does anyone have any good information on the various hardware
>>implementation of DES chips that are floating around on the market?
>Western Digital makes one.  BTW, hardware is the *only* way DES is
>implemented.  At least according to the spec.
>-- 
>Michael Sierchio                               TRW Financial Systems

hmm... atleast according to unix man-pages: the des command offers a
switch to fall back to software implemented des, just incase you dont
have to hardware installed.

Jm.

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