Re: The Cost of Snakeoil (was Re: John Gilmore and the Great Internet Snake Drive)

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Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:42:55 -0400

Mok-Kong Shen writes:
> Xcott Craver wrote:
>
> > And it's pushing it to declare a cryptosystem "DED,"
> > when simply encrypting multiple times still yields a
> > secure (and efficient) cipher.
>
> If it is economically and otherwise justifiable, I also can see
> no reason why the 3 in 3DES can't be replaced by n.

Replacing it with an even number is a bad idea.

.pm

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