Why DES in IPSEC ESP?

[Perry E. Metzger]

Adam Shostack writes:
> choosing a second algorithm is a difficult, and political task.
[...]
> So, in order to ship sooner rather than later, DES was chosen.

Well, if you define "ship" as "get the standards approved" you have
the situation nailed. We basically could all agree on DES and the
marketplace will dictate that in practice everyone has 3DES and other
things available too.

Perry