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From: lewis@tramp.Colorado.EDU (LEWIS WILLIAM M JR)
Subject: Re: E-mail Privacy
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1991 03:54:03 GMT
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Crypt does NOT use the DES algorithm, rather:

	"... implements a one-rotor machine along the lines of the German
	Enigma, but with a 256 element rotor..."

The stupidity of the export restriction is not ameliorated by this fact.