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op@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Olaf Pors) writes:
] pleticha@casc.math.uh.edu (Dennis Pleticha) writes: 
] ] I've been trying to find out why I can't get the crypt application
] ] directly from Sun for months now.

] I'm in a similar situation.
] ...
] I finally realized that it is silly to waste any time on
] DES, since its 56-bit keys make it susceptible to brute-force
] attacks.

sun has unbundled crypt(1) and des(1). anyway, forget crypt(1). it's
weak. use archie(1) to find an anon ftp site that carries des source
code (i use the des(1) found within the kit-2.0.14 package).

as for des(1) being silly to use, the succeptibility of des to brute
force attack is dwarfed by the key management problem on networked
machines. if you want more security than des(1) provides, forward- and
backward-encrypt multiple times using different keys. see the sci.crypt
faq for more info.

eric de mund <ead@netcom.com>

p.s. the kit-2.0.14 distribution is archived at ftp.uu.net in the
directories /usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume2[5-6]/kit.