Xref: utzoo comp.unix.internals:1773 sci.crypt:4044 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!visix!amanda From: amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals,sci.crypt Subject: Re: DES export regulations. And what to do about it! Message-ID: Date: 7 Jan 91 17:25:27 GMT References: <1991Jan3.173546.9809@dramba.neis.oz> <14511@hoptoad.uucp> <1991Jan5.022309.19716@NCoast.ORG> Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA Lines: 14 In article <1991Jan5.022309.19716@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes: >That isn't the intent. Despite the fact that it's all for nought, the U.S. >government is worried about hostile foreign powers violating *its own* privacy >by decrypting its DES-encypted data. Not so, as I understand. DES is only approved for unclassified data. For any kind of classified communication, other (non-public) encryption methods are used. -- Amanda Walker amanda@visix.com Visix Software Inc. ...!uunet!visix!amanda -- "I was born in Iowa--I just *work* in outer space" --Star Trek IV