Re: IBM Cries Crypto Wolf, Experts Say

2000-12-01 Thread Eric Murray
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

Re: IBM Cries Crypto Wolf, Experts Say

2000-11-30 Thread dmolnar
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

IBM Cries Crypto Wolf, Experts Say

2000-11-30 Thread No User
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