17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
6:17 p.m.
Does anyone have a reason not to consider this algorithm snake oil? e.g.:
Was it developed by a well known cryptographer? Has it been vetted by someone/some organization with reputation?
I other words, why should we trust it?
It was developed by a team lead by Mitsuru Matsui and has been subject to fairly intense analysis, although not by non-Mitsubishi people AFAIK. In any case it's not the usual snake oil. When I last talked to someone from Mitsubishi who was working on Misty I tried to convince them to make details available online, you could try something like www.melco.co.jp to see if there's anything available. Peter.