Re: RC6 legal status

Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Fri, 07 Aug 1998 13:35:30 -0400

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Adam Shostack writes:
> It seems to me that if you want a PRNG, you should use one,
> rather than transforming a new, untested cipher into a PRNG.
>
> Yarrow is designed to be a cryptographically strong PRNG.
> www.counterpane.com

The one problem with Yarrow is that it isn't ported to Unix yet.

.pm

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