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1996-03-28 - Re: HP & Export of DCE

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From: cmca@alpha.c2.org (Chris McAuliffe)
To: Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
Message Hash: 2159a656ccb594e5a4ec02d78ffdef6572947ebd665b5d37bde827f5c890139b
Message ID: <199603272239.OAA07314@eternity.c2.org>
Reply To: <199603271619.LAA08716@homeport.org>
UTC Datetime: 1996-03-28 05:50:24 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:50:24 +0800

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From: cmca@alpha.c2.org (Chris McAuliffe)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:50:24 +0800
To: Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
Subject: Re: HP & Export of DCE
In-Reply-To: <199603271619.LAA08716@homeport.org>
Message-ID: <199603272239.OAA07314@eternity.c2.org>
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[To: Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>]
[cc: perry@piermont.com, cypherpunks@toad.com]
[Subject: Re: HP & Export of DCE ]
[In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 27 Mar 96 11:18:49 EST.]
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Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org> shaped the electrons to type:
>I wasn't aware there were multiple things masquerading under the name
>Secure RPC.  In any event, does the crypto in DCE stand up to the
>LaMacchia/Odlyzko attacks?  (And did Sun ever upgrade what they ship?)

DCE security (including RPC) is Kerberos based, somewhere between V4 and
V5, and appears to be about as strong as DES lets it be.

Chris McAuliffe <cmca@alpha.c2.org> (No, not that one.)

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