Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 16:28:30 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Crypto code - an architectural proposal. Message-ID: <9506192028.AA09361@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199506192012.WAA00163@grumble.grondar.za> References: <199506192012.WAA00163@grumble.grondar.za>
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<<On Mon, 19 Jun 1995 22:12:26 +0200, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> said: > If the state department has a problem (or potential problem) with the > crypt(3) in libdescrypt, why is there _no_ problem with the MD5 crypt(3)? > They are functionally equivalent. Was the MD5 version even vetted? Because the libdescrypt version is implemented by calling a whacked-up version of DES, whereas MD5 was designed from the start to be exportable. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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