On Sun, 26 Jun 1994 catalyst-remailer@netcom.com wrote:
Skipjack: probably just a modified DES
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crypto group, it looks like the NSA contribued to _none_ of ^^^^^^ the major advances in cryptography that occured during its zenith.
If skipjack is really a 'major advance' (I won't state an opinion at this point) then it seems that they did indeed contribute to a major advance. At least one. Also if I remember my history right they had a lot to do with the original redesigning of the s-boxes in des. Happy Hunting, -Chris. ______________________________________________________________________________ Christian Douglas Odhner | "The NSA can have my secret key when they pry cdodhner@indirect.com | it from my cold, dead, hands... But they shall pgp 2.3 public key by finger | NEVER have the password it's encrypted with!" cypherpunks WOw dCD Traskcom Team Stupid Key fingerprint = 58 62 A2 84 FD 4F 56 38 82 69 6F 08 E4 F1 79 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------