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RFC 2144 on CAST-128 Encryption Algorithms (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Thu May 22 13:45:40 1997
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: coderpunks@toad.com (The Coderpunks list)
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 13:36:16 -0400 (EDT)
I hadn't seen this mentioned. This is to coderpunks, bcc'd to
cypherpunks & cryptography.
Adam
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
RFC 2144:
Title: The CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm
Author: C. Adams
Date: May 1997
Mailbox: cadams@entrust.com
Pages: 15
Characters: 37532
Updates/Obsoletes: None
URL: ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2144.txt
There is a need in the Internet community for an unencumbered
encryption algorithm with a range of key sizes that can provide
security for a variety of cryptographic applications and protocols.
This document describes an existing algorithm that can be used to
satisfy this requirement.
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
