From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Mar 1 16:45:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA06558 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 16:45:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (genesi.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA06525 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 16:45:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA28427; Mon, 2 Mar 1998 11:15:15 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199803020045.LAA28427@cain.gsoft.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mike Smith cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VNC on FreeBSD (fwd) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:24:39 -0800." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 11:15:15 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I just committed a port for the VNC system from ORL, which uses > 56-bit DES for password encryption. Interestingly, the code > was developed in the UK, but the DES sources were obtained from > the USA. Hmm, AFAIK 40 bit keys are the longest that are allowed to be exported.. I had a quick look on the web, but I couldn't actually find a direct statement on this :) (www.rsa.com is down which has a FAQ about this stuff) The quote I got was 'The report argues that computer products with 40-bit encryption keys "offer virtually no protection at this point" from brute force attacks.' ... which impiles 40 bits is all you get out the US :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message