[79884] in Cypherpunks
Re: Unexportable crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Goldberg)
Tue May 13 01:51:58 1997
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: 13 May 1997 05:24:17 GMT
Reply-To: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
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In article <199705121618.MAA09197@jazz.cape.com>,
ET <emergent@eval-apply.com> wrote:
>A simple substitution cypher has a keyspace of
>26! ~ 2**88
>Isn't this too strong to export?
>
Actually, yes. The cypherpunks ftp site has a program on it that helps
you break simple substitution ciphers (like newspaper cryptograms), for which
the author claims he was denied an export license.
- Ian
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