Can we kill single DES?

[ratak (Jason E.J. Manaigre)]

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To: shamrock at netcom.com, cypherpunks at toad.com
Date: Sat Oct 05 10:00:15 1996

> Sorry, not a chance. The symmetric cipher used in Ecash is 3DES. Since 
> DigiCash has the good fortune to be located in The Netherlands, full 
> strength crypto can be (and is) used in all their products.
> 
> I would advise any company suffering from a loss of competitiveness due
>  to 
> US export regulations to do the logical thing and move their operation 
> to a more suitable location.
> 
> --Lucky
> 
> 

        And which Countries would that be? I haven't seen list of what 
Crypto is allowed in which countries...

Does anyone know for sure...

And companies will be hurt by this whole situation, and I can imagine the 
crap that will sneak into Firewall-1's code when Sun brings it up to GAK 
standards....




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