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Re: Critics blast Windows 2000's quiet use of DES instead of 3DES
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis Glatting)
Thu May 18 00:55:33 2000
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Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 21:21:44 -0700
From: Dennis Glatting <dennis.glatting@software-munitions.com>
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To: "L. Sassaman" <rabbi@quickie.net>
Cc: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>,
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"L. Sassaman" wrote:
>
> > If a Microsoft user configures 3DES protection and tries to connect it
> > a Linux FreeS/WAN box, the negotiation will fail -- with at least the
> > Linux side reporting that they couldn't agree.
>
> Frankly, I can't understand why the IPsec protocol still allows DES. It
> should require strong encryption. Having DES in a product these days makes
> about as much sense as mandating the usage of ROT13.
>
We are waiting for AES.
