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Re: Critics blast Windows 2000's quiet use of DES instead of 3DES
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (L. Sassaman)
Thu May 18 14:05:36 2000
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 21:51:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: "L. Sassaman" <rabbi@quickie.net>
To: Dennis Glatting <dennis.glatting@software-munitions.com>
Cc: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>,
cryptography@c2.net
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On Wed, 17 May 2000, Dennis Glatting wrote:
> > 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.
So am I correct in assuming you are saying that DES will be disallowed as
part of the IPsec protocol when AES is finalized?
This would be good. I still think that DES should be dropped immediately,
however.
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