[1218] in Kerberos_V5_Development
Re: [Ran Atkinson ] Re: quick survey
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Karn Jr)
Tue May 21 14:49:09 1996
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 13:16:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phil Karn Jr <karn@baa01075.slip.digex.net>
To: eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us
Cc: krbdev@MIT.EDU, randomizers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <xe14tpf5g37.fsf@paycheck.kitten.gen.ma.us> (eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us)
>Not that it makes much difference given the DES code, but this is a
>bit of a surprise regarding SHA-1...
I suspect that MD5 would have the same language on its spec if the
government had published it instead of a private company. Remember
that public domain stuff is, as far as I know, not restricted under
Commerce rules. I.e., we simply need a good PD implementation of SHA-1.
Phil
