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Re: [Fwd: Cylink can export 128-bit DH?]

To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Cylink can export 128-bit DH?]
From: [email protected] (Mike Duvos)
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 16:12:28 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Bill Frantz" at May 1, 96 12:21:51 pm
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[email protected] (Bill Frantz) writes:

 > Most cryptographic experts recommend Triple DES, encrypting
 > the data 3 times with 3 different keys.

It's actually encrypted three times with two keys comprising
112 bits of keyspace, using a decrypt on one key sandwiched
between two encrypts using the other.  This prevents a "man
in the middle" attack, which would be possible if only two
DES encryptions were used, one for each key.

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