Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!rpp386!jfh
From: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: crypt
Summary: Three rotor crypt available.
Message-ID: <9059@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 2 Dec 88 19:59:26 GMT
References: <1238@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <83@genat.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum)
Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers
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In article <83@genat.UUCP> george@genat.UUCP (George Gorsline) writes:
>Whether Canada is an un-friendly country or the question of
>extra-territoritality is not at issue.  There are PD crypts available;
>whether they meet the US requirements is not known.

The crypt program in the archives is a DES-based three rotor German
enigma.  It is exportable as the code was, as I recall, written by a
Frenchman.  It is not compatible with the crypt from System V - if you
convert the code you will have to have all of your users re-crypt their
files.
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