Mike McNally originally said the following...
gnu@toad.com writes:
In their November letter to X9 committee members, the NSA attempted to undermine the attractiveness of triple-DES by arguing that it is cryptographically unsound, a potential threat to national security, and would not be exportable under US law.
One is forced to wonder at the sort of person that can with a straight face argue that on the one hand an algorithm is cryptographically unsound, while at the same time posing a threat to national security.
Just playing Devil's Advocate, but maybe he's saying that it's so faulty that trusting banking communications to it would be a threat to national security... You know, it's so faulty it's dangerous.. Kinda like Dan Qyale for president. *8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Morgan <mac5tgm@hibbs.vcu.edu> | "I dunno Brain, me and Pipi Mail me for PGP Key: 0xE0D222A9 | Longstocking? I mean what would Key Fingerprint : 2430 BAA4 1EE4 AA2F | the children look like?" - Pinki 3B76 3516 3DEF 5529 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------