From: David Honig <honig@otc.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 02:06:09 +0800
To: "William H. Geiger III" <sunder@brainlink.com>
Subject: Re: [NTSEC] SKIPJACK / NT4.0 (SP3?) (fwd)
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At 11:12 AM 12/26/97 -0600, William H. Geiger III wrote:
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>In <Pine.SUN.3.96.971226114446.17857A-101000@beast.brainlink.com>, on
>12/26/97 
>   at 11:45 AM, Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com> said:
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>>Now this is interesting! :)  (Either that or JA is smoking crack... - no
>>idea on JA's reputation capital though...)
>
>Well to be honest anyone who would trust the M$ crypto API get what they
>deserve.
>
>

Is this just random MS-baiting or do you have a real point re the API?

The API describes an interface to things you'd need for a cryptosystem.
I believe it is up to implementors to instantiate the functions appropriately.


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      David Honig                   Orbit Technology
     honig@otc.net                  Intaanetto Jigyoubu

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