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People were willing to explicitly explain why it was inadequate rather than keep it secret. That is the difference.
by ls612 6mo ago
People were willing to explicitly explain why it was inadequate rather than keep it secret. That is the difference.
- tptacek 6mo agoWhat was to explain? It had a 56-bit key.
- ls612 6mo agoWas that the only thing wrong with it? The 90s was definitely before my time but I was under the impression reading about it that there were also fundamental flaws with DES which lead to the competition which ultimately produced AES.
- tptacek 6mo agoYes, that was what was wrong with DES. I mean, it also had an 8-byte block size, which turns out to be inadequate as well, but that's true of IDEA and Blowfish as well.