At 4:29 PM -0800 2/10/03, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: >In message <v03110705ba6dec92ddb0@[192.168.1.5]>, Bill Frantz writes: > >> * Fast key setup (Forget tossing the 256 bytes of key stream. >> The designers weren't crypto engineers. Personally, I'd toss the >> first 1024.) > >... > >There may be a cryptographically sound reason to discard that much, but >it's not without cost.
The reason I would discard so much is that when I did some statistics on RC4 output, I kept getting distribution lumps out to about 1024. They made me worry about what someone who knew what were doing could do. Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Due process for all | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | used to be the Ameican | 16345 Englewood Ave. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | way. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
