CDR: RE: Rijndael & Hitachi

[Lucky Green]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cypherpunks at openpgp.net [mailto:cypherpunks at openpgp.net]On Behalf
> Of Julian Assange
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 01:04
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Rijndael & Hitachi
> Not so, inprepid Vin. A Belgian cipher was chosen simply because
> the NSA was able to operate with relative impunity in that region,
> in which it has huge per-capita deployment, compared to a similar
> actions on its own soil.

You /are/ joking ... right? The AES contest was held in the open, which
should alleviate any concerns about NSA involvement in the desing of
Rijndael.
--Lucky Green <shamrock at cypherpunks.to>

  "Anytime you decrypt... its against the law".
   Jack Valenti, President, Motion Picture Association of America in
   a sworn deposition, 2000-06-06