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Article #2701Re: VAX Encryption & UNIX
From: Marcus J. "Buddy can you spare a...
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 01:58
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 01:58
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davo@homer.corp.sgi.com (David Ferrise) writes: >I am not sure but it appears that VAX Encryption is actually using an >encrypted form of the key to encrypt the data file. The manual >is quite sparse on details. An alternative would be to use the DES implementation that is available under copyleft from outside the USA. I know it runs OK on VMS and generates standard portable data. Take a look on psych.psy.uq.oz.au mjr. -- It is important to focus on writing software that is "adequate." Having one's software be "good" or even "excellent" is over-rated. If "good" were necessary or even important, DOS would not be the de facto standard operating system. -notebooks of a heretic
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!eff!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!think.com!yale.edu!jvnc.net!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!decuac!hussar.dco.dec.com!mjr From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "Buddy can you spare a clue?" Ranum) Subject: Re: VAX Encryption & UNIX Message-ID: <1992Oct6.015846.9950@decuac.dec.com> Sender: news@decuac.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: hussar.dco.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center References: <1992Oct5.213401.15554@odin.corp.sgi.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 01:58:46 GMT Lines: 16