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Status: U Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 20:35:06 -0800 From: AARG! Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Comments: This message did not originate from the Sender address above. It was remailed automatically by anonymizing remailer software. Please report problems or inappropriate use to the remailer administrator at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Jail Cell Cipher (modified RC4) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Crowley has shown that Schneier's Solitaire cipher is insecure. See http://www.ciphergoth.org/crypto/solitaire/. Repetitions occur with frequence 1/22.5 rather than 1/26 as they should. Also, the state machine is not reversible, contrary to the design intent. --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]