> Jeffrey Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > You are questioning the use of Triple DES but not the use of
> > CAST-128.
>
> I'm questioning the use of DES3 in anything but EDE on outer CBC
> mode. There is a paper by Eli Biham about other combinations, which
> basically says that most of them are not much better than single DES.
>
> Even though this paper doesn't talk about this specific use, it's not
> obvious that it's more secure to use DES3 to generate random numbers
> than it is to use single DES.
>
> Has this case been analysed by anyone?
>
> /Johan
>
Thanks for explaining. The answer is that I don't know. I am not
qualified to make that analysis.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
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