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From: Marin Purgar - PMC <pmc@asgard.hr>
To: rasmus@bellglobal.com
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Subject: Re: [RSA] RSA Challenge - 23blocks from First Place!!
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Hi!

On Tue, 15 Apr 1997 rasmus@bellglobal.com wrote:

> We need to either take this client and use it to improve the clients
> we are using or scrap our current approach and join the Deschall effort.
> With clients that are so much faster than ours, we don't stand a chance.

You missed a point. RC5 and DES are *not* the same algorithms. RC5 is far
more CPU hungry and there is no symetric in it. Also RSA has separate
challenges for DES (only one 56 bit) and RC5 (40, 48, 56, 64 ... bit).

> 
> -Rasmus
> 

bb4now,
PMC