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From: dce@Solbourne.COM (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: UNIX-like crypt function
Keywords: crypt unix
Message-ID: <2090@marvin.Solbourne.COM>
Date: 24 Aug 89 22:58:31 GMT
References: <855@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl> <2152@netcom.UUCP> <17369@ut-emx.UUCP> <1989Aug23.235721.23833@i88.isc.com> <10815@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott)
Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Colorado
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In article <10815@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:

>There is no logical reason for the restriction; it's bureaucratic only.

Yep, there's nothing worse than putting a bunch of gun-totin',
alcoholic, nicotine addicts in charge of software.

(The DES algorithm is handled by the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and
Tobacco.)

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David Elliott		dce@Solbourne.COM
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