On 10/7/13, r...@goodvikings.com <r...@goodvikings.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > >> I know approximately zip about crypto, but AES was selected as the >> replacement for DES back in 2000 & it seems like DES has always lived >> under the cloud of "did NSA deliberately weaken it?" So why keep it >> around? It's not like there are no alternatives.. > > That was the initial worry, but hasn't it since been shown that NSA > strengthened DES against a type of attack only they knew about? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency#Data_Encryption_Standard
--- The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reviewed NSA's involvement, Ah yes.. two absolutely trustworthy & forthright sources. My mistake - no backdoor, no weaknesses, it was improved :) Lee -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk