Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 13:03:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/enigma enigma.1 Message-ID: <20040514130113.Y97950@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20040514193008.503382081E@citi.umich.edu> References: <20040514193008.503382081E@citi.umich.edu>
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On Fri, 14 May 2004, Jim Rees wrote: > You may want to amend it into the 21st century regarding what the > alternatives are for "real" encryption -- perhaps replace all of the > mentioned alternatives with openssl(1), or just replace bdes(1)... > > You might also want to clarify that the encryption is a simple single rotor, > not the more difficult (but still unsafe) German military Enigma. > > Someone should also fix the bdes(1) man page, which still says, "DES is > considered a very strong cryptosystem" and "key search attacks... are very > expensive and time-consuming." Just taking out "very" in both places might > be enough. And add a pointer to openssl(1) for something stronger. Oh yeah, besides the two Enigmas, we have one of those too. It uses too much power to turn on though. :) http://www.cryptography.com/resources/whitepapers/DES.html -Nate
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