Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn
From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: DES IS ALIVE FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS!!
Keywords: FIPS 46, DES, cryptography, computer security, EFT
Message-ID: <7038@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 11 Jan 88 09:55:47 GMT
References: <10123@mimsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <10123@mimsy.UUCP> balenson@mimsy.UUCP (David M. Balenson) quotes:
>Withdrawal of the standard would leave many organizations
>without adequate protection for their information.

One would presume that they could continue to operate just as they
have been.  If it's not currently adequately protected, it won't be
in the future, and conversely.