Re: Algorithms to generate permutations

From: Roger Schlafly (rogersc1_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 08/07/05 

Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 09:49:06 -0700

"Terry Ritter" <ritter@ciphersbyritter.com> wrote
>> The best technology doesn't necessarily make the best
>> standards. To be a good standard, there should be a way
>> for a large number of products to be interoperable. In most
>> cases, that happens more readily if there are no patent
>> impediments.
> I have a fundamental problem believing
> that cryptography should be "interoperable,"
> because the whole point of keys is to make
> ciphers NON-interoperable.

Those who don't need interoperability can just ignore AES
and do whatever they want.

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