Re: DES doubts. why we use 56 bit key when ony 48 bits are used?



tomstdenis@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I don't quite get the question. What first and last permutations are
> you talking about?

DES encryption includes an initial (unkeyed) permutation.
The reason it is ignored in most DES analyses is that it
serves no security purpose; for example, using known
plaintext, one merely applies the known permutation and
uses the result as new "known plaintext" for DES-without-
the-permutation.
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