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Re: cfs and alternatives (was are there many active...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: Brian Edmonds <brian@gweep.bc.ca>
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Subject: Re: cfs and alternatives (was are there many active...)
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In message <m3wvjdy9ui.fsf_-_@yuri.gweep.bc.ca>, Brian Edmonds writes:
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>The international crypto patches supply a number of different crypto
>systems. Currently I'm using serpent, which was recommended by the
>docs, though I've not really checked it out carefully. My security
>requirements are very modest at this time.
Although Serpent is believed to be very strong -- it's one of the AES
finalists -- it's quite slow in software.
--Steve Bellovin
