Comment on Intel In Bed with NSA?parentComments−twoodfin13yWho was arguing for 128-bit DES? Wikipedia says IBM wanted 64.−EthanHeilman13yThe original version of DES was called Lucifer and used a 128 bit key. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer_(cipher)The NSA choose the key size of DES since they were running the process (making DES 256 times weaker than a 64 bit key).
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Who was arguing for 128-bit DES? Wikipedia says IBM wanted 64.
The original version of DES was called Lucifer and used a 128 bit key. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer_(cipher)
The NSA choose the key size of DES since they were running the process (making DES 256 times weaker than a 64 bit key).