From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 01:00:59 +0800
To: John Pettitt <alano@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: Encryption and Backups
Message-ID: <199602081615.IAA03105@news1.best.com>
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At 08:33 PM 2/4/96 -0800, John Pettitt wrote:
> CP Backup (part of PC Tools for Central Point aka Symantec) has DES. As to
> how good the implementation is: I have no idea.

Broken:

I worked on that  (well I attended meetings on the implementation of that).  
It will keep out the average kid sister.  Better than rot 13.

I protested vociferously, saying that such encryption verged on fraud, and
my boss overruled me without explanation or discussion -- odd behavior for
him.

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