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Re: Adding GOST as a cipher?

2005-01-21 12:40:23

Vlad "SATtva" Miller wrote:

[bad news snipped!]

A few years ago it was theoretically estimated that an effective strength of
GOST cipher is approximately 2^56, that is about the same value as DES's. Not
quite what we need by today's standards. And not quite what has been always
officially supported by OpenPGP.

How about doing a triple-GOST?  That would
meet the letter of the rules, and give a boost
to the security?  Just brainstorming here...

iang

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