Hello A.,

Thursday, June 21, 2001, 6:17:53 AM, A. M. Salim wrote:


>> Which is best and which is fastest?  DES or Blowfish?

> we don't use DES only because of license/copyright issues.  AFAIK blowfish
> is the only one that's free of any legal incumberances but I may be
> mistaken

Isn't the Data Encryption Standard in the public domain?  I Thought
that was a requirement for being recognized as the DES that the
algorithm specifically be open for all to use, similar to the new AES
(Advanced Encryption Standard).

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