[5498] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: 3DEs export?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gilmore)
Wed Sep 1 19:20:28 1999
To: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net, gnu@toad.com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909011033540.16563-100000@spitfire.law.miami.edu>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 14:16:00 -0700
From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
> 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?
Probably. They say it uses "1024 bit Public and Private Codes".
Not keys, codes. On the other hand, I don't know of anyone who's
actually analyzed ZixIt.
John
