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- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!rock!taco!jlnance
- From: jlnance@eos.ncsu.edu (JAMES LEWIS NANCE)
- Subject: Anyone know about FEAL-8
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.134951.16838@ncsu.edu>
- Originator: jlnance@volt.ece.ncsu.edu
- Keywords: FEAL-8
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: jlnance@eos.ncsu.edu (JAMES LEWIS NANCE)
- Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:49:51 GMT
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- I have been reading a 1988 paper by Miyaguchi, Shiraishi, and Shimizu in which
- they describe an encryption algorithm they call FEAL-8. I am interested in
- this algorithm because it was designed to run quickly on computers. I have
- never heard of it anywhere before and I have the following questions about it.
- Can anyone help me?
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- 1) Is FEAL-8 Secure (as compared to DES)?
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- 2) Is C source code available for it anywhere?
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- 3) Is it patented
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- 4) Is it a good choice for a fast, secure private key method?
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- Thanks for any help you can give me.
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- Jim Nance
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