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From: prc@maxim.ERBE.SE (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Using crypt() in encode.c
Message-ID: <484@maxim.ERBE.SE>
Date: 4 Feb 89 18:18:14 GMT
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In article <1398@vsi1.COM>, lmb@vicom.COM (Larry Blair) writes:

> ... In any event, at this time it is
> illegal to export a DES encryption program.  Btw, for anyone who wants to
> write one, the Nov. '88 "Scientific American" contains a complete description
> of the algorithm, along with the necessary permutation tables.

Europeans can use the DES or enigma program(s) available on the EUUG tapes.

> I still maintain that the use of crypt() is unecessary.  Let's, at least,
> make it optional.

Let's abandon crypt() altogether. It's not included in any UNIX systems
outside the U.S.A. (unless one buys a source license).
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