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From: ron@BRL.ARPA (Ron Natalie)
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Subject: Re: DES
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 13:28:09 EST
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I find this whole story interesting since NSA has found DES sufficiently
vulnerable that it won't allow it's use for any privacy purposes, including
routine encryption of non-classified but private defense information (DES
was planned to be approved for classified encryption).

-Ron