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Internet Security
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Internet Security

by Tim Speed, Juanita Ellis
April 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
398 pages
9h 43m
English
Digital Press
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3

Cryptography

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“I have two RC2s, and a MD5.”

3.1 The history

20 8 9 19 9 19 1 19 5 3 18 5 20 (A coded message)

Picture some good ol’ boys sitting around a poker table, smoking cigars, and drinking at the local saloon. Pistol Jack says, “I have an RC2, but I will raise you with a DES.” Caught off guard, Tex Hunter says, “Well, if that is how you want to play, I will spike you with a triple-DES and match your RC2 with an MD5.”

This all sounds like some high-stakes poker game, but what about those peculiar acronyms? In this game, our cowboys from west Texas were betting various encryption types. Now, they had no idea what they had or even what ...

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ISBN: 9781555582982