Perhaps this message would be better directed to the coderpunks list, but I shall take a chance and post it here since I have little programming skill to speak of. To correct my ignorance on current cryptography issues, I have been browsing the archives. Some time ago, there was quite a bit of talk about the MISTY algorithm, although I did not chance upon any pointers to an actual implementation. Since the character of the messages which I did read seemed to be (loosely speaking) light-hearted, I cannot decide whether the algorithm is some sort of `in' joke, or whether it was a cryptographic algorithm which didn't `cut it' under peer review. Are there any old-timers who recall the algorithm in question? Regards, Steve -- "Thank god for the unexamined life [...] it foots the bills for us examined ones."