CDT POLICY POST No.2 -- X9 TO DEVELOP TRIPLE-DES STANDARDS
Greg Morgan
mac5tgm at hibbs.vcu.edu
Mon Feb 13 18:07:49 PST 1995
Mike McNally originally said the following...
>
>
> gnu at toad.com writes:
> > In their November letter to X9 committee members, the NSA
> > attempted to undermine the attractiveness of triple-DES by
> > arguing that it is cryptographically unsound, a potential
> > threat to national security, and would not be exportable
> > under US law.
>
> One is forced to wonder at the sort of person that can with a straight
> face argue that on the one hand an algorithm is cryptographically
> unsound, while at the same time posing a threat to national security.
Just playing Devil's Advocate, but maybe he's saying that it's
so faulty that trusting banking communications to it would be a
threat to national security... You know, it's so faulty it's
dangerous.. Kinda like Dan Qyale for president. *8)
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