[52751] in Cypherpunks
Re: HP & Export of DCE
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Wed Mar 27 11:53:08 1996
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 11:18:49 -0500 (EST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199603271607.LAA02400@jekyll.piermont.com> from "Perry E. Metzger" at Mar 27, 96 11:07:25 am
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
| Adam Shostack writes:
| > Well, if Leahy passes, DCE is exportable. Anyone know if the
| > 'SecureRPC' in DCE is the one BAL broke years back?
|
| No, they broke Sun's Secure RPC, which is different.
I wasn't aware there were multiple things masquerading under the name
Secure RPC. In any event, does the crypto in DCE stand up to the
LaMacchia/Odlyzko attacks? (And did Sun ever upgrade what they ship?)
Adam
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