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The algorythm for DES has been public for years.  The security is still
quite adaquate even using 64 bit keys.

I've often suspected that the main reason for keeping RSA secret is that
it would be discovered that there was little technical superiority of RSA
over DES.

	Rex Ballard
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From rexb Mon Oct 24 12:07:52 1994