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Re: Multiple-DES and block size

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sandy Harris)
Sun Jul 26 14:31:57 1998

Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 01:02:35 -0400
From: Sandy Harris <sandy.harris@sympatico.ca>
To: cryptography@c2.net

Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> Steve Reid writes:
> > Are there any good multiple-encryption schemes that also increase block
> > length?
> 
> See the technique used in CAST-256 for an example of how to do this
> (sort of.)
> 
All the AES candidates have 128-bit block length. Many are described at:
http://www.ii.uib.no/~larsr/aes.html

I'd say of the ones I've read, DEAL is closest to what you asked for.

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