[117756] in Cypherpunks
Re: baaaaa
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Thu Sep 9 23:31:15 1999
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 04:52:41 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199909100252.EAA22913@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
>> Admittedly, the DES encryption I'm currently doing in microcode...
> I vote for "Anonymous" as sacrificial lamb of the year.
Hey, what can I say? The DOCSIS cable modem standard specifies
56-bit CBC DES as the sole packet encryption protocol. At least
the keys are refreshed frequently, and *those* exchanges are
protected by X.509 certs, RSA, and two-key 3-DES.
So it's not as baaaaad as it could be.
