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Re: new second mandatory IPsec cipher - updated choice list



I believe that IDEA has some intellectual property rights issues...
-Jeff

Rodney Thayer wrote:

> >What should we use instead?  Well, there are apparently three choices:
> >
> >-- DESX
> >-- BLOWFISH
> >-- CAST-128
>
> Based on discussions so far, the choices list should be redrawn.
>
> I think this is the list...
>
> -- CAST-128
> -- BLOWFISH
> -- IDEA
> -- TWOFISH
> -- MARS
> -- (other AES candidates, please feel free to contribute)
>
> Note there seems to be consensus that DESX is _NOT_ a choice,
> because if DES/3DES are going to fail, the same structural failure
> would probably apply to DESX.  I assume the same logic applies to
> DES/SK.



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