From owner-freebsd-security Mon Feb 17 15:27:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA24042 for security-outgoing; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 15:27:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from gadget.nla.gov.au (gadget.nla.gov.au [203.4.201.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA24022 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 15:27:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (cmakin@localhost) by gadget.nla.gov.au (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id KAA00569; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:26:55 +1100 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: gadget.nla.gov.au: cmakin owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:26:54 +1100 (EST) From: Carl Makin To: Mark Mayo cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: blowfish passwords in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-security@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Mark Mayo wrote: > Just some thoughts anyways.. Hopefully when the US gov. sees that the > 40-bit key was cracked in 3 hours, and the 48-bit key in a couple weeks, > maybe they'll realize how far they have their heads up their asses and > will stop these silly export restrictions on hard-crypto.. Don't be silly. Its *exactly* the reason the restrictions are there in the first place. The US government seems to believe (a) noone outside of the US can write code and (b) noone outside of the US Government should have secure communications. You need to convince your government that the restrictions are having no effect on security while they are hurting the US dominance in trade. :) Carl. -- Carl Makin (VK1KCM) C.Makin@nla.gov.au 'Work +61 6 262 1576' "Speaking for myself only!" 'If you want to make your spouse pay attention to what you say... Talk in your sleep!'