New Encryption Code

[Theodor.SCHLICKMANN@bxl.dg13.cec.be]

Reuters News published on Thu May 8 the following:
(extracts only)

>IBM Researchers devise new encryption code

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>Encryption products, which scramble information and render
>it unreadable without a password or software "key", have
>become an increasingly important component of global
>communications and online commerce over the Internet.

>"This is a pioneering accomplishment in the field of
>cryptography and a big step toward the ultimate in
>cryptography --  a truly invincible mathematically
>proven method for protecting private computer
>information from unwanted viewing," said Ashok
>Chandra, a manager of computer science at IBM's
>Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif.

>The system was invented by computer scientists Miklos
>Ajtai and Cynthia Dwork of IBM's Almaden lab.

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The complete message disappeard the other day and my
follow up investigations failed.

Does somebody have more information than what was
given in the message by Reuters.


Theodor Schlickmann