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Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
16 Feb 1999 15:15:36 -0500
Paulo Barreto <pbarreto@nw.com.br> writes:
> If raw speed is needed (N.B. I'm not addressing security here), have you
> considered the Panama stream cipher?
Since it hasn't been widely analyzed, I'd say people should not be
considering it.
> Panama is described (and its security is assessed)
...by its authors...
> in J. Daemen and C.S.K.
> Clapp, ``Fast hashing and stream encryption with PANAMA,'' Fast Software
> Encryption, LNCS 1372 , S. Vaudenay, Ed., Springer-Verlag, 1998, pp.60-74;
> a reference implementation is available at
Generally, I'd say things need a bit more seasoning than that for use.
Perry
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