Date sent: 28-APR-1994 I am currently getting together resources for a research paper on the growth of encryption systems, from enigma to present day. Part of the paper will examine the direction taken by encryption schemes in the future (with particular reference to the likely acceleration of computing power, greater need for personal privacy, etc etc) The paper will be written from the viewpoint of an encryption-aware programmer, rather than that of an expert cryptanalyst! Plenty of example code and practical applications will form the backbone of this study, not pages of mathematics. Are there any papers currently circulating dealing with the future of encryption? Has anyone else on this list already investigated this area, I'd appreciate any information you can submit (ftp addrs?), via this mailing list or private email if you wish. Nick =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= System Operator of Psycho BBS, +44 483 418467 HST/v32bis Archimedes and PC shareware sis2209@sisvax.sis.port.ac.uk 885Mb online huttonnc@axpvms.pa.dec.com