[5497] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: 3DEs export?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Karn)
Wed Sep 1 19:15:29 1999
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:20:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
To: froomkin@law.miami.edu
Cc: cryptography@c2.net, karn@qualcomm.com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909011033540.16563-100000@spitfire.law.miami.edu>
(froomkin@law.miami.edu)
>http://www.zixmail.com/ZixFAQ/index.html#4
>claims that a 3DES email security procuct has been approved for export.
>Is there something about the security of this system that is compromised?
That's because it implements key recovery. They don't stress that fact,
but it's there if you dig.
Phil
