From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 14 12:30:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A1E716A4CE; Fri, 14 May 2004 12:30:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from citi.umich.edu (citi.umich.edu [141.211.133.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F60943D53; Fri, 14 May 2004 12:30:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rees@citi.umich.edu) Received: from citi.umich.edu (pcp05289289pcs.wanarb01.mi.comcast.net [68.40.176.95]) by citi.umich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 503382081E; Fri, 14 May 2004 15:30:08 -0400 (EDT) To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org From: Jim Rees In-Reply-To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman, Fri, 14 May 2004 15:00:52 EDT Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:30:07 -0400 Sender: rees@citi.umich.edu Message-Id: <20040514193008.503382081E@citi.umich.edu> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/enigma enigma.1 X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 19:30:09 -0000 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.