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Re: A[3,5,8] Test Vectors and Source Code
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Sun Feb 1 18:06:18 1998
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 19:17:28 -0800
To: Greg Rose <ggr@qualcomm.com>
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Cc: Andreas Bogk <andreas@artcom.de>, coderpunks@toad.com, cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199802010202.NAA23340@avalon.qualcomm.com>
At 01:02 PM 2/1/98 +1100, Greg Rose wrote:
>To be a bit more precise, A3 and A8 define
>*interfaces* to the response- and key-generation
>functions on the SIM (Subscriber Identification
>Module, smartcard). The algorithm which is most
>commonly used is called COMP-128, and it does a
>combined A3-A8 computation, but I have it on
>good authority that even that only accounts for
>about 60% of GSM service providers.
>
>Unfortunately, I can't help with actual test
>vectors for COMP-128.
How about source for or a description of COMP-128?
Thanks,
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