17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, Matt Blaze wrote:
My money still says the "TOP SECRET" markings and other clues that suggest that "S-1" has something to do with Skipjack are a hoax.
Has anyone checked to see if this is just an older but obscure published algorithm? If it uses an 80-bit key, that tells me it's not too old, but I'm new to this stuff. If it is a new algorithm, is it just a variant, or something completely new? [Sorry in advance if this is noise...]