[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles M. Hannum) writes:

> "Robert O'Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > However, there are some real issues with 1.x:
> > [...]
> 
> I think you missed what is perhaps the biggest one.  It uses 3DES in
> what Applied Crypto refers to as `inner feedback' mode.

Actually `inner feedback' mode is not used, nor is `outer feedback'
mode used. The scheme used uses one public feedback flow and one
private feedback flow. The (in)security of the scheme they use is
unknown (at least to me).

/Bj�rn

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