That's the document I was trying to find earlier -- knew I had the link somewhere.
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:28:45 -0500, WebWiz wrote: >�Lynn W. Taylor wrote: >� >�There are a couple of other differences, but there are third-party >� >�documents that cover them. �As far as I remember, they had to do with >� >�how keys were generated for the cypher. > >�More specifically, it has to do with how the key is "cooked" before use. >� �This primarily affects DES, because it's unable to use a long key like >�Blowfish can use, so (IIRC) there's a process to fold the key on itself >�somehow or another to come up with a usable key. > >�See http://tinyurl.com/w9de for an excellent explanation of how the >�encryption is handled (the link is to a PDF of a document written by >�Christina Louise Warne back in 2000). > >�Spend some time wandering through the list archives and you'll find a >�bunch of nuggets like this (or at least discussions about >�them...typically somebody who's been around for a while will have copies >�of referenced documents). �Lots of folks early on spent time >�collaborating to build documents to help other people get OpenSRS >�running on [your platform here]. > >�Regards, >�Eric Longman >�Atl-Connect Internet Services > >�+-------------------------------------------------------+ >�| Atl-Connect Internet Services � http://www.atlcon.net | >�| 3600 Dallas Hwy Ste 230-288 � � � � � � �770 590-0888 | >�| Marietta, GA 30064-1685 � � � � � [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >�+-------------------------------------------------------+
