Re: Prof Shamir arrested

[J�ri Kaljundi <jk@stallion.ee>]

 Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Alan Olsen wrote:

> >Can you tell more of this? There is an Windows disk encryption utility
> >called Teamware Crypto that uses FEAL-8. This program is quite popular in
> >Europe, distributed and made by ICL Data.
> 
> The attacks on FEAL are pretty lengthy.  _Applied Cryptography_ 2nd edition
> by Bruce Schneier has a list of attacks on page 311.  The Shamir attack is
> not the one to worry about.  Matsui and Yamagishi have an attack that
> breaks it in 2^15 known plaintexts.

I have the book but unfortunately I gave it to a friend for some time to
read it :) 

Anyway I personally use F-Secure Desktop which uses Blowfish and I am
happy with that. Just that I thought the product Teamware Crypto is not as
secure as the marketing materials say.

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