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From: Graham Toal <gtoal@gtoal.com>
Subject: Re: Off the shelf cheap DES keyseach machine (Was: Re: Corporate acceptance of the wiretap chip)
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References: <1993Apr19.093227.1093@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1993Apr20.150531.2059@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1993Apr20.192105.11751@ulysses.att.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 21:51:34 GMT
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In article <1993Apr20.192105.11751@ulysses.att.com> smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
:Thousands?  Tens of thousands?  Do some arithmetic, please...  Skipjack
:has 2^80 possible keys.

We don't yet know if all 80 bits count.  Anyway, its looking like the
keys and escrow arrangements are smoke and mirrors to cover the way the NSA
can regenerate the key from the transmitted serial number.

G
