Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions?

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:45:23 -0500

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In message <ixdpv8kprc2.fsf@grey03.nada.kth.se>, Magnus Ahltorp writes:
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| > Is anybody aware of the exact nature of the policy change? What about
| > hooks for stronger crypto? If we're lucky, this means that the core
| > of the international kernel patch including DES could be distributed
| > together with the kernel. This could be a great step forward for the
| > security of the Internet.
|
| DES is lousy security. 3DES is probably good.
+--->8

Which presumably why DES is being permitted while 3DES remains
export-restricted. *grrr*

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