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Re: ESP transform with RC5



>  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?

Was being distributed on the net in 1994; published Dr. Dobb's
Journal, January 1995

>  What review has it had?

See Crypto '95 proceedings; Kaliski has a paper about it.

>  Is the code in the draft sufficient for a full study?

Yes, it's a very short algorithm, full source code is available, and
it's probably easier to understand it by reading the code than a
description of it.


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