Memo from NSA regarding key length report, with comments from M. Blaze and W. Diffie


Published: Apr 05, 2000 Updated: Apr 05, 2000 Section: Network Security Library :: Cryptography Author: Company: Cambridge Protocols Workshop Printable Version Adjust font size: Rating: 3.3/5 - 4 Votes 1 2 3 4 5

There is currently being circulated, to members of Congress and possibly elsewhere, a four page document entitled "Brute-Force Cryptanalytic Attacks" that calls into question some of the conclusions of the "Minimum Key Lengths for Symmetric Ciphers" white paper. The document bears no author or organization attribution, but we are told that it originated from NSA.

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