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insecure algorithm (was: Re: [PGP-USERS] BestCryp NP)

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Subject: insecure algorithm (was: Re: [PGP-USERS] BestCryp NP)
From: [email protected] (Ulf M�ller)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 97 23:52 GMT+0200
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>>>BestCrypt NP costs $115, the home page is www.jetico.sci.fi.
>>>They even have our Mr Peter Gutmann on their credits list. BestCrypt
>>>supports BlowFish, DES (boo) and GOST, a russian standard with 
>>>256bit key.

One would hope that they have also read and understood Peter's warning
about the GOST algorithm ("More thoughts on GOST", 17 Aug 1996,
<[email protected]>).

References:
- Re: [PGP-USERS] BestCryp NP
  - From: Alec <[email protected]>

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