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From: earlw@pesnta.UUCP (Earl Wallace)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: DES not available outside US?
Message-ID: <2561@pesnta.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Sep-84 12:13:47 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 21 12:13:47 1984
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How many "Soviets" have access to the entire UNIX* source?  Think it is 
impossible for AT&T to hire a Soviet spy to work on the UNIX* source?  I
don't think the spy is going to put his/her profession on the resume. Or
for that matter, what about any major University out there -- just send your
spy to get a degree and have access to all sorts of goodies!  Forget trying
to keep the DES out of Soviet hands, they already have it.  The only good
that would come out of not shipping the DES routines overseas is to keep the
good guy honest because the bad guy will always find a way around the barrier.
-- 
Earl Wallace
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