Re: Design for a DES-breaker

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From: Allen J. Baum
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1987 21:48

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>I do not know how much chip real estate a DES engine takes, but John's
>figures seem a tad optimistic when compared to existing technology.
>

>Pipelining the DES engine would clearly increase its area at least 16
>times, since not only do you need 16 copies of the S and P boxes but
>also 16 key registers...

I'm not sure that this is true. What happens at each stage is a permutation
and an xor. If each stage doesn't have to share the permutation logic, then
its simply wires, not lots of wires + a 16 way mux

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Subject: Re: Design for a DES-breaker
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