Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!carpenter@nbs-vms From: carpenter@nbs-vms@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: DES Message-ID: <1730@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Jun-83 08:54:25 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1730 Posted: Fri Jun 3 08:54:25 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 6-Jun-83 23:19:08 EDT Lines: 24 This is in response to an earlier item which asked a couple of questions about the DES. Question: .... they say that DES is fast enough such that an 8-bit micro can perform it in 100 milliseconds. My question is 100 msec per what? Miles Smid (phone 301-921-3427) tells me: "They probably mean that it takes 100 milliseconds to encrypt one 64-bit block of data." Question: ....does anyone know of a C implementation ..... Miles gave me a listing (contact him for a copy) which is titled:- "This program implements the Federal Information Processing Data Encryption Standard (FIPS PUB 46 - 1977 January 15). Original author: Ken Thompson Modified by: Brian Lucas " Hope this is of some use... Bob Carpenter