NODE df7cbd58Re: Graphic encryption
"Rev. Mark Grant" <mark@unicorn.com>Fri, 6 Oct 95 09:35:14 PDT
On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Lucky Green wrote:
>And by the way, "proprietary" algorithms are generally junk and should not
>be relied upon by security concious individuals and businesses. Only
>algorithms that have undergone extensive peer review should be considered
>for use.
It's OK, when these guys were spamming Usenet a few weeks ago with their
product announcement (admittedly, they did at least keep it to comp
groups) they said it was export-approved. Therefore, it can be pretty
much written off from a security standpoint - it's at best as good as
40-bit RC4, and I sure wouldn't use that for secure communications.
I'd still like to know how it works so we can see just how insecure it
is, though.
Mark