On 17 Jul 96 at 16:45, Hal wrote:

Crypto 96 is coming up in about a month. This looks like a more interesting program than last year, IMO. According to the preliminary [..]

Key-Schedule Cryptanalysis of IDEA, G-DES, GOST, SAFER, and Triple-DES John Kelsey, Counterpane Systems, USA Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Systems, USA David Wagner, Univ. California at Berkeley, USA

There are actually several cryptanalysis type papers for which I can't tell from the title whether they will be big new results or not. Anybody know what "key schedule" cryptanalysis is?

The way a key is transformed into a larger key or S-box. I assume cryptanalysis of these means that there may be weaknesses which can be exploited. Rob --- No-frills sig. Befriend my mail filter by sending a message with the subject "send help" Key-ID: 5D3F2E99 1996/04/22 wlkngowl@unix.asb.com (root@magneto) AB1F4831 1993/05/10 Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com> Send a message with the subject "send pgp-key" for a copy of my key.