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Re: ESP transform with RC5
At 05:36 PM 3/14/96 PST, baldwin wrote:
>IPsec members,
> I have just submitted two informational RFCs to the Internet
>Engineering Task Force that specify how the high performance RC5 cipher can
>be used to add privacy to packets transmitted over the Internet.
This is the second time in the week that I have heard 'RC5', and have not
heard it mentioned before this.
I realize that many things happen in the crypto field that I do not see
right away, but how recent is the introduction of RC5 to the broader crypto
community?
What review has it had?
I ASSUME that it is a symetrical cypher; what are typical key lengths? And
the strength of the cypher for a key length compared to other cyrphers: DES,
IDEA, RC2, RC4, etc.
Is the code in the draft sufficient for a full study? Is this thus a major
deviation to RSA's handling of cyphers (compared to RC4, say).
Robert Moskowitz
Chrysler Corporation
(810) 758-8212
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