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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:12:05 -0400
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= aka "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" <ache@astral.msk.su>
Cc:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Crypt code summary(2).
Message-ID:  <9506261512.AA18349@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <sTwpTxlmJ1@astral.msk.su>
References:  <199506252003.WAA08724@grumble.grondar.za> <9506252018.AA17301@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <sTwpTxlmJ1@astral.msk.su>

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<<On Mon, 26 Jun 1995 02:02:34 +0400 (MSD), =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= aka "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" <ache@astral.msk.su> said:

> Internet Auth. require MD5 which implementation in software
> slow down IP approx. in two times,

This is Not A Problem.

	1) It is always possible to use other digital signature
	   techniques.

	2) It's OK if it's slow; it's still faster than an Ethernet,
	   which makes it fast enough for the needs of most users.

> see latest IETF materials.

Not all RFCs are Standards.

> SSL is speed winner here.

And it's also proprietary.  And it requires technology which it would
be illegal for Walnut Creek to sell even within the US without getting
a license from PKP.

-GAWollman

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