1995-08-08 - Re: Triple-DES controlled?

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@panix.com>
To: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-08-08 04:07:22 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 7 Aug 95 21:07:22 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@panix.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 95 21:07:22 PDT
To: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
Subject: Re: Triple-DES controlled?
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Rich Salz writes:
> >I have not heard of export licenses being granted for 3DES.
> 
> Didn't the ANSI financial committee just adopt 3DES (over NSA
> objections)?

Yes.

> Presumably they consider the export situation solved/solvable.

There is the trivial solution of buying outside the US. The hardware
is actually better these days as the Germans and others have a
worldwide market and the economies that brings.

.pm





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