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Re: DES Ecryption
>Hey, could anyone tell me what process DES Encryption goes through, or point
>me to a site with the information?
>
>Thanx
>-Buzz-
>P.S. Please no flames because I am on AOL...
This may not be the absolute best place to start but it is certainly current:
<http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/Crypto_misc/DESCracker/>
This describes the efforts made to show why a 56 bit key for DES is just
too short for many purposes. You can probably branch out from links you
find there to get more details about S-boxes and other topics.
Steve Bryan
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