[177] in Kerberos
Re: DES library for IBM PC
jon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Aug 9 21:38:14 1987
From Saltzer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Mon Mar 16 09:54:17 1987
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 87 09:51:10 EST
To: Clifford Neuman <BCN@WARD.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Re: DES library for IBM PC
Cc: kerberos@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Clifford Neuman <BCN@WARD.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU>'s message of Sat 14 Mar 87 22:22:45-PST
From: Jerome H. Saltzer <Saltzer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Originating-Client: <E40-391A-1.MIT.EDU>
> I wrote a few routines for the PC, and they can be found in
> /mit/b/c/bcn/kdst/lib/krb/pc.c. I expect there is still a copy in the
> master sources, but it may have been removed since I left. Tis file
> contains 3 four line procedures.
They were there, and they supplied the two missing routines as well
as a third one that I hadn't missed yet.
> Since steve did the DES stuff, I am not sure what BIG is for, but if I
> recall correctly then, by setting BIG, a more time efficient approach
> is taken, but at the cost of space. Unfortunately, on the XT we were
> very limited in the maximimum program size.
The DES library now compiles, runs, and verifies on the PC again. BIG
is switched on, but I may need to switch it off when I try to load
the library with anything useful.
Thanks for your help.
Jerry
