RE: [Cfrg] Re: [saag] Bad day at the hash function factory

["Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker at verisign.com>]

> Actually, how WEP used it caused other significant 
> weaknesses, even beyond 
> what we found: - Only 2^24 distinct keystreams. 

Yes, there are severe problems with WEP beyond the way they use
RC4 but the fact that a cipher is being cryptanalyzed disqualifies
it for unconditional recommendation as far as I am concerned.

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