full-disclosure - RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

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From: erc at pobox.com (Ed Carp)
Subject: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

> > > It's a little difficult to completely avoid US products in the
> > > encryption field.  And if your response is along the lines of "Open
> > > Source, can't hide anything", I'll save time and summarize my rebuttal
> > > now; DES, Differential Cryptanalysis, NSA, 20 years.
> >
> > There's a ton of crypto software that's been developed
> overseas.  I guess
> > you missed my previous post, but think IDEA.
>
> Wasn't Rijndael (US's AES) developed by some Belgian folks?

Yes, it was, Belgian or Indian, I think.  I didn't mention it becuse I
couldn't remember how to spell it ;)

But since it's now the US's AES standard, who knows how strong it is...