From: "Stephen A. Gutknecht" <sgutknec@computek.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 12:40:38 +0800
To: "'cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: RE: Nortel "Entrust"
Message-ID: <01BB074E.BFFA0E20@ssitsc-sag1.swspectrum.com>
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I too would like to see an open discussion on this.  Microsoft uses this for their new Exchange Server client/server email product....

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From: 	Jonathon Fletcher[SMTP:jonathon@japan.sbi.com]
Sent: 	Friday, March 01, 1996 10:17 AM
To: 	cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: 	Nortel "Entrust"


  Can anyone tell me anything about a product called "Entrust", by Nortel
(Northern Telecom). The notes talk about the software using DES ("which
employs a 56-bit key") so I guess it's single DES, not triple DES. It also
mentions a proprietary algorithm called CAST. 

  Is this worthy of further investigation, or is it suspect ? What is 
CAST, and would it be classed as snake oil ?