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Category:Informational iT_Security AG (Ltd.)
D. Kuenzi
724 Solutions Inc.
February 2001
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Abstract
1. Introduction
In this document, the terms MUST, MUST NOT, SHOULD, and SHOULD NOT
are used in capital letters. This conforms to the definitions in
[MUSTSHOULD].
For content encryption the use of IDEA in cipher block chaining (CBC)
mode is recommended. The key length is fixed to 128 bits.
4. SMIMECapabilities Attribute
A. References
IDEA uses 128-bit secret keys and encrypts one 64-bit block at a time
[IDEA]. It was particularly strengthened to protect against
differential cryptoanalysis attacks. For the full 8-round IDEA there
is no attack known which is better than exhaustive search on the
total 128-bit key space.
D. Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Russ Housley, Jim Schaad and Francois Zeller
for their contributions to this document.
E. Authors' Addresses
Stephan Teiwes
iT_Security AG (Ltd.)
Badenerstrasse 530
CH-8048 Zurich, Switzerland
Peter Hartmann
iT_Security AG (Ltd.)
Badenerstrasse 530
CH-8048 Zurich, Switzerland
Diego Kuenzi
724 Solutions Inc.
Bahnhofstrasse 16
CH-5600 Lenzburg, Switzerland
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