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Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:18:52 +0100
Bill Stewart wrote:
> Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de> suggests
> > If it is economically and otherwise justifiable,
> > I also can see no reason why the 3 in 3DES can't be replaced by n.
> > One can certainly also combine DES with other encryption algorithms.
>
> It's seldom if ever justifiable. If the 112+ bits of strength in 3DES
> aren't enough for you, you're dealing with some very special problem,
> or else you're too paranoid, or else you need to balance your crypto strength
> with more important
I was not questioning 3DES. I meant simply that there is no problem
in case someone doesn't consider 3DES to be good enough for him (this
set of persons is certainly not empty). Often the real security
achieved doesn't depend alone on the strength of the algoritm used,
as is commonly known but sometimes nevertheless forgotten.
M. K. Shen
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