Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This means it's quite possible the NSA had differential cryptanalysis > 30 years before anyone else.
s/quite possible/known fact/ > Quite a remarkable achievement. However > it's unlikely that the same situation holds today. Why would you think that? The US government may not have too many clues, but they certainly understand the importance of crypto. I cannot think of any reason to suppose that NSA et al would have stopped spending serious effort in this area. (Where "serious effort" is measured by the standard of "a billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking about real money".) Quite honestly, as a US taxpayer I would not be happy if the NSA were not far ahead of public research in this field ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster