Re: RC6 legal status

Bruce Schneier (schneier@counterpane.com)
Fri, 07 Aug 1998 15:10:26 -0500

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At 01:35 PM 8/7/98 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
>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
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>The one problem with Yarrow is that it isn't ported to Unix yet.
>
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