Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site denelcor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!denelcor!lmc From: lmc@denelcor.UUCP (Lyle McElhaney) Newsgroups: net.crypt,net.unix-wizards Subject: Unix encryption methods Message-ID: <615@denelcor.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 21:10:45 EST Article-I.D.: denelcor.615 Posted: Sat Dec 8 21:10:45 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 03:12:08 EST Distribution: net Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, Colorado Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.crypt:251 net.unix-wizards:10912 My posting about a mailing list for Unix security issues seems to have gotten out (I sometimes wonder...) and one comment about the security of the mail list itself is that the contents should be encrypted. So... a few questions to the assembled masses seems to be in order: Would crypt(1) be appropriate for this use? I know the enigma codes can be broken, but has anyone actually done it in the case of crypt? Is it something to worry about? If crypt is not right, what would be a more acceptable way of encryting the data? I assume we have a way of passing the keys about securely. Lastly, since crypt is not *supposed* to be passed outside the US of A, how can we extend the list to those in, say, Korea? Caesar encoding probably won't hack it. Comments to me via mail, please. I'll summarize. -- Lyle McElhaney {hao, stcvax, brl-bmd, nbires, csu-cs} !denelcor!lmc