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knight@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Knight of Tossing and Turning) writes:
>I just confirmed that DES does indeed do 8 bit binary encryptions.
>Flame off.  Chill.          

Gee, for a person contemplating creating a new cryptosystem, wouldn't
it have been nice to know in advance what other cryptosystems do?

>Please be patient with me, I'm spending lots of time and have very
>little resources to delve into the subject.  Someone suggested
>taking "classes" on cryptography.  Sorry, no such classes are taught
>within 200 miles of where I live.  I've ordered some books on
>encryption which should arrive at the regional library within a
>few months.  Research machines for me include a Prime 4150, my
>386 at home, and the FSF machines.  

"Please be patient with me. I'm really enthusiastic about doing brain
surgery, and its highly unfair of all of you to discriminate against
me because I've never read a book on biology, and this stuff about
going to med school, well, I just can't afford it. You are all such
jerks for being nasty to me about all this; I think I can do brain
surgery as well as the next guy. Hell, I bought a scalpel last week,
see!"

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