teatotal: curious about the state of the project
Subject:
curious about the state of the project
From:
Ivan Popov ####@####.####
Date:
21 Sep 2002 22:59:02 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.SOL.4.30.0209212350060.13178-100000@hotlips.cs.chalmers.se>
Hello,
I have not found any information about weaknesses in the "new-variant"
TEA, are you aware of any?
I see also that at least some software is still using the old form of the
algorithm, including e.g. rather recent perl Crypt-Tea (ver.1.43) module.
It is probably not good? Or is TEA considered to be a low-security
algorithm anyway?
Amd one more, more specific question:
- what is the reason for always using a key file, isn't it easier
to use the password hash as the key directly rathen than via the key file?
Best regards,
--
Ivan
