17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
drzaphod@brewmeister.xstablu.com wrote:
Couldn't one compress the IDEA key to 10 bytes and 3? The hardware wouldn't notice and since you'd be using an IDEA chip on both sides it could decompress and verify on the other end.
Sure - but you're still restricting the keyspace to 10 bytes. Why not just forget trying to fit it into the clipper system and build a better encryptor from the beginning?