[7127] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Critics blast Windows 2000's quiet use of DES instead of 3DES
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Thu May 18 16:00:55 2000
From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
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Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 08:58:29 -0400 (EDT)
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L. Sassaman writes:
> PGP's source code has always been available for public review. This has
> not changed. There are no "back doors" for the NSA in PGP,
<paranoia>Unless they are particularly subtle ones, based on a mathematical
understanding that is not yet publicly known. Remember that the NSA
knew about differential cryptanalysis well before anyone else. Times
have changed, but maybe less than we think.</paranoia>
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