Re: Double Encryption Illegal?

From: Tom St Denis <stdenis_at_compmore.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 15:07:20 GMT
Message-ID: <8q2mms$lav$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>


In article <39C4C278.E1A09537_at_t-online.de>,   Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen_at_t-online.de> wrote:
>
>
> Tom St Denis wrote:
> >
> > pausch_at_saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
 

> > > So you're claiming that triple-DES is no more secure than single-
> > DES ???
> >
> > Read my message. Geez. I said "double" encryption is not the way
 to
> > go about added security.
>
> Could you be more explicit and explain why? Are you
> saying that superencipherment is always nonsense?
> Is 2-DES not better than DES?

Given sufficient memory 2-des is not better then des.

Tom

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