On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 11:48:23AM -0700, Scott Miller wrote: > The algorithm has about the same performance as ElGamal (2 modexps for > encrypt, 1 to decrypt), but provides much stronger security guarantees. > In addition, the algorithm involves a keyed message authentication code, > for which we'll be using HMAC. The mac lets Bob know if the encrypted > quantity will actually decrypt to valid data and not gibberish. For > this reason, we would be able to eliminate the 0x00000000 we encrypt at > the beginning of a restart request, which would eliminate a possible > partial known-plaintext attack. > > Comments?
% wc -l elgamal.cc 60 elgamal.cc Sure, go replace it. AGL -- When will people realise that we don't care for their damm stupid laws? We can handle ourselves, thank you very much. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 240 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20010906/0c5c93f0/attachment.pgp>
