crypt

David Geller geller at eli.UUCP
Wed Mar 11 11:30:46 AEST 1987


In article <4814 at brl-adm.ARPA>, TVR%CCRMA-F4 at SAIL.Stanford.EDU (Tovar) writes:
> > I really can't see any reason to try to forbid the export of crypt().
> 	
> If a military intelligence officer can't get a copy of the source for crypt()
> within about an hour, i'd say my tax dollars aren't being very well spent!

I read last week that the use of DES as a standard for encryption was
being stopped by the NSA. I believe that I read this in Government Computer
Week or some other rag.

David Geller
Electric Logic, Inc.
Washington, D.C.



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