On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 08:42:07PM -0500, No User wrote:
>
> Big Blue says it can make encryption twice as fast. But the company hyped a similar
>advancement years ago; experts say that idea didn't amount to much, and this one
>won't either.
> By Elinor Abreu
> IBM is announcing a new algorit
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, No User wrote:
> IBM's new as-yet-unnamed security algorithm simultaneously encrypts
> and authenticates messages. It works with symmetric cryptography in
> which the same secret key, or mathematical code, is used to encrypt
> and decrypt, as opposed to public key cryptogra
Big Blue says it can make encryption twice as fast. But the company hyped a similar
advancement years ago; experts say that idea didn't amount to much, and this one won't
either.
By Elinor Abreu
IBM is announcing a new algorithm on Thursday that it says will double the speed at
which online c