1997-01-29 - Re: Last nail for US crypto export policy?

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From: Ed Falk <falk@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <199701291911.LAA07740@toad.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-01-29 19:11:14 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:11:14 -0800 (PST)

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From: Ed Falk <falk@Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:11:14 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Last nail for US crypto export policy?
Message-ID: <199701291911.LAA07740@toad.com>
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>   I just ran out of asswipe.
>   Does anyone have any RSA Data Security, Inc. stock they'd like to
> sell?

Now, now.  I don't think RSADSI had any illusions of 40-bit keys being
secure; they just wanted to find out just *how* insecure they were.

I suspect that this crack will *benefit* RSADSI, and the rest of the
crypto community, by helping to convince the feds to ease up.






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