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From: geller@eli.UUCP (David Geller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: crypt
Message-ID: <164@eli.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 20:30:46 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 10 20:30:46 1987
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Organization: Electric Logic, Inc., Washington, D.C.
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In article <4814@brl-adm.ARPA>, TVR%CCRMA-F4@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (Tovar) writes:
> > I really can't see any reason to try to forbid the export of crypt().
> 	
> If a military intelligence officer can't get a copy of the source for crypt()
> within about an hour, i'd say my tax dollars aren't being very well spent!

I read last week that the use of DES as a standard for encryption was
being stopped by the NSA. I believe that I read this in Government Computer
Week or some other rag.

David Geller
Electric Logic, Inc.
Washington, D.C.