International System V, crypt etc.

Ron Natalie <ron> ron at brl-tgr.ARPA
Sat Jun 1 12:57:51 AEST 1985


> In article <379 at rtech.ARPA> wong at rtech.ARPA (J. Wong) writes:
>     So, what would happen if netters, in an effort to screw up the NSA,
>     decide to post 'crypt()' source to the net, which just happens to
>     get sent to Europe?  Are there any legal penalties?  Is your company
>     liable?
> 
> Don't bother, we got all we ever wanted with Version 5, Version 6 ...

Crypt in versions earlier than seven was not DES based, but built on
a simple civil-war era rotor.

-Ron



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