Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cartan!brahms.Berkeley.EDU!desj From: desj@brahms.Berkeley.EDU (David desJardins) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: VC2000 "Update" Message-ID: <668@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 16:16:57 EST Article-I.D.: cartan.668 Posted: Thu Jan 8 16:16:57 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 23:45:06 EST References: <3806@utcsri.UUCP> <1207@frog.UUCP> Sender: daemon@cartan.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: desj@brahms.Berkeley.EDU (David desJardins) Organization: Math Dept. UC Berkeley Lines: 11 In article <1207@frog.UUCP> john@frog.UUCP (John Woods, Software) writes: >Some time ago, Shamir (I think) demonstrated that >DES was untrustworthy by concocting a similar encryption scheme, showing it >to people who examined it and decided that it was as secure as DES itself -- >then he showed them the trapdoor hidden in the tables. Thus, the belief that >DES _can_ have no trapdoor is undermined. This is, I believe, false. It is true that many people have tried to do this, but no such successful effort has been reported. -- David desJardins