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Ron Dippold
rdippold at cancun.qualcomm.com
Thu Jun 6 03:45:50 AEST 1991
In article <1991Jun5.035403.7529 at colorado.edu> lewis at tramp.Colorado.EDU (LEWIS WILLIAM M JR) writes:
>Crypt does NOT use the DES algorithm, rather:
>
> "... implements a one-rotor machine along the lines of the German
> Enigma, but with a 256 element rotor..."
>
>The stupidity of the export restriction is not ameliorated by this fact.
I have heard of newer versions (replacements, perhaps) that use DES. Although
I don't know whether or not they are coming as add-ons or are supplied from the
"official" vendor. Apparently it's an add-on.
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