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Re: US Export Restrictions

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Barr)
Mon May 20 17:31:30 1996

To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: 20 May 1996 16:50:48 -0400
From: barr@math.psu.edu (Dave Barr)

In article <4nq934$ljn@scoop.eco.twg.com>,
Reece R. Pollack <reece@eco.twg.com> wrote:
>There are several encryption algorithms which are easily exportable,
>but I think the longest allowable key is 40 bits. Standard 56-bit DES

I heard a rumor that this number was raised to 56 bits recently.
Can anyone confirm this?

--Dave

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