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Re: TEA encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Tue Feb 24 12:23:46 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:09:00 -0800
To: Harry Hawk <habs@finepoint.com>
From: Alan Olsen <alan@clueserver.org>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199802241555.KAA05996@ralph.finepoint.com>
At 10:55 AM 2/24/98 -0500, Harry Hawk wrote:
>The firm I am working with is considering using some software that
>used encryption based on something called TEA. The company indicated
>it is somewhat well known, but none of my Crypto-wise friends had
>heard of it. I'm hoping someone here has.
>
>If anyone has any thoughts, pointers or links, you can send them to me
>at habs@finepoint.com . I will summarize to the list if there is
>anything substance noted.
My first question would be "Who is the vendor?". It might be well known.
Alot of weak cyphers are well known. ROT-13 is "well known". Caesar
cypher is "well known". Does not make it any more secure...
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