Re: DES advocacy

Roger Schlafly wrote:
"David Wagner" <daw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How do you know how he was going to use DES? He wrote
some DES code, and it is a simple matter to use triple-DES.
Because he asked about DES.

Triple-DES is just a mode of using DES.

You're not using "mode" with its normal meaning. With its usual meaning, a "mode" may require an IV, but it will not change the key length.

--Mike Amling
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