Jeff,

Do you have a reference discussing why the EAX' changes destroyed the security 
properties of EAX?  From a cursory reading I found the "optimizations" to be of 
rather dubious value (in particular the masking to limit inter-word carry) but 
nothing jumped out at me screaming "fail!"

Thanks,
--Felix

> -----Original Message-----
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> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 20:14
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> Subject: [cryptography] Crypto Fiddling?
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I'm aware of two standards where folks fiddled with a scheme and destroyed
> its security properties:
> 
> * A5/3 based on Kasumi used in GSM networks
> * EAX' (EAX Prime) based on EAX mode
> 
> Are there any other spectacular failures that come to mind?
> 
> Jeff
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