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Re: new 448 bit key by Indian firm

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Subject: Re: new 448 bit key by Indian firm
From: Adam Back <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:42:54 GMT
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Bill Stewart writes:
> 448 bits sounds a lot like MD5-based encryption - perhaps
> Luby-Rackoff or MDC?  Or a homegrown system, doing successive MD5s
> or something?  MD5 is no longer the safest hash these days....

More likely Blowfish for two reasons i) the article mentioned blowfish
at the bottom (;-), and ii) blowfish keys can be up to 448 bits.

Could be snake oil, or could be result of letting marketroid near
press release.  The press release was very confused in general.

Adam

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