1997-01-30 - Re: Last nail for US crypto export policy?

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: Bill Stewart <cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <199701301912.LAA12108@toad.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-01-30 19:12:54 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:12:54 -0800 (PST)

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:12:54 -0800 (PST)
To: Bill Stewart <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Last nail for US crypto export policy?
Message-ID: <199701301912.LAA12108@toad.com>
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At 01:41 AM 1/30/97 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:
>I think we do need to get some sort of push going for 3DES as a
>replacement for DES - it's strong enough, even though DES is showing
>its age, and it's an obvious transition from the current technology.
>It's slower and clunkier than IDEA or RC4/128, but still not bad.

The migration to 3DES is underway, at least in the banking sector. ANSI
X.9, the group that deals with many of the protocols used in the banking
industry, has made tremendous progress. 3DES, elliptic curve, and a host of
other improvements all are out of committee and should be available as
official (for bankers :-) specs soon, if they aren't already.



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