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Re: CyberCash just did it!
At 12:08 AM 5/28/96 +0700, peng-chiew low wrote:
According to below, it looks like the session keys are single-DES, and they
are swapped using RSA... I'd think people would rather try cracking the DES
without bothering with the RSA -- be it 768 or 1024... (If the session key
is weak, it doesn't much matter what you send it in...)
>http://www.cybercash.com/cybercash/wp/bankwp.html#security
>
> " CyberCash transactions are protected by a powerful and sophisticated
> system of encryption, combining DES private-key and RSA public-key
> encryption technologies. In fact, CyberCash's 768-bit RSA key encryption
> capability is unique in that it is the most powerful encryption technology
> currently licensed by the United States government for export. CyberCash
> also has been approved by the government for 1024-bit RSA key encryption,
> and will be providing that technology by the end of 1996. "
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