Re: NSA denies our 3DES license

To: Derrell Piper <piper@tgv.com>
Subject: Re: NSA denies our 3DES license
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:09:17 -0500
Cc: ipsec@ans.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Mar 1996 07:39:08 PST." <199603191539.HAA06195@fluffy.tgv.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
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Derrell Piper writes:
> RC5 is a stream cipher that allows for variable length keys.

I believe RC5 is actually a block cipher.

Perry

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