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RE: 3DEs export?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elyn Wollensky)
Thu Sep 2 15:29:45 1999
From: Elyn Wollensky <EWollensky@idgbooks.com>
To: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>,
"Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:23:19 -0500
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I believe Bruce Schneier did a wrap up of some e-mail services, and he
compared Zix Mail to YNNmail, referring to both as "snake oil."
http://www.zdnet.com
Elyn Wollensky
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- -----Original Message-----
From: John Gilmore [mailto:gnu@toad.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 4:16 PM
To: Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
Cc: cryptography@c2.net; gnu@toad.com
Subject: Re: 3DEs export?
> 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
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