1996-03-28 - Re: HP & Export of DCE
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From: Howard Melman <melman@osf.org>
To: perry@piermont.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-28 14:18:01 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:18:01 +0800
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From: Howard Melman <melman@osf.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:18:01 +0800
To: perry@piermont.com
Subject: Re: HP & Export of DCE
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On Wed Mar 27, 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Adam Shostack writes:
> > 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?
>
> They are attacks against Diffie-Hellman. I don't know if DCE uses D-H
> in a similar manner. The main problem was too small a (fixed) modulus.
It doesn't. DCE uses Kerberos v5.
Howard
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- 1996-03-29 (Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:18:13 +0800) - HP & Export of DCE - Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
- 1996-03-29 (Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:53:05 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
- 1996-03-27 (Thu, 28 Mar 1996 07:58:55 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
- 1996-03-28 (Thu, 28 Mar 1996 08:55:22 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
- 1996-03-28 (Thu, 28 Mar 1996 11:49:17 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - David Weisman <weisman@osf.org>
- 1996-04-01 (Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:35:58 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - Greg Rose <Greg_Rose@sydney.sterling.com>
- 1996-03-28 (Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:50:24 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - cmca@alpha.c2.org (Chris McAuliffe)
- 1996-03-28 (Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:58:54 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - Martin Janzen <janzen@idacom.hp.com>
- 1996-03-28 (Fri, 29 Mar 1996 07:57:02 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
- 1996-03-28 (Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:18:01 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - Howard Melman <melman@osf.org>
- 1996-03-28 (Thu, 28 Mar 96 07:46:18 PST) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - Howard Melman <melman@osf.org>
- 1996-03-29 (Fri, 29 Mar 1996 22:54:58 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - David Weisman <weisman@osf.org>
- 1996-03-27 (Thu, 28 Mar 1996 07:58:55 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
- 1996-03-29 (Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:53:05 +0800) - Re: HP & Export of DCE - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>