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Bruce Schneier (schneier@counterpane.com)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:38:45 -0400
At 01:26 PM 9/28/98 +1000, Hafeez Bana wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have just been reading the papers published in the Fast Software
>Encryption publications and after looking at various algorithms eg RC5 - I
>am facsinated by the follwing:
>
>+ The algorithms for encryption and decryption are *so simple*.I cannot
>figure out the logic behind them.What I am trying to say is that all i can
>see is some bit manipulation going on - but I notice that each algorithm
>proposes a different way to do it.Hence what are the conditions that
>determine how the bits are to be switched..is there any math logic to this
>i.e actually proving that switching/shifting bits in one way is more
>"secure" that in some other?
It's more black magic than mathematical theory, but there is mathematics
behind the analyses.
>+ Does anyone know if the papers included in the Fast Software Encryption
>publications are on the web i.e in a centralized location?If so could you
>please give me the URL.
I know that there is no such centralization. Whatever papers are on the
WWW are listed in the bibliography on my website.
Bruce
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