Re: DES <weak> key list?

Dave Mason <dmason@tis.com> Wed, 10 September 1997 19:33 UTC

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From: Dave Mason <dmason@tis.com>
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>It's my impression that Bruce Schneier has the same opinion.  I suggest we
>pull the text from all three places.

I also vote to skip the weak key check.  If I'm not mistaken, if
we generate a new key every single minute, we'll only run into a
"weak/semiweak/possibly weak" key about once every billion years.

-dave

DES <weak> key list? Rodney Thayer
Re: DES <weak> key list? Michael C. Richardson
Re: DES <weak> key list? Ran Atkinson
Re: DES <weak> key list? Steven Bellovin
Re: DES <weak> key list? John Shriver
Re: DES <weak> key list? Bill Sommerfeld
Re: DES <weak> key list? Theodore Y. Ts'o
Re: DES <weak> key list? Rodney Thayer
Re: DES <weak> key list? Dave Mason