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Re: Exporting password protection

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From: Philip Gladstone
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 03:02
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bill@texan.rosemount.com (William Hawkins) writes:
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: the data
: encryption algorithm is RC4 and/or RC2 with a key space of 40
: bits.  It is noted that RC4 and RC2 are proprietary to RSA
: Data Security, Inc.  

Is there a published description of these algorithms anywhere? If not,
then does anyone know if software incorporating these algorithms has
actually been exported out of the US?

Philip
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From: philip@meiko.com (Philip Gladstone)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Exporting password protection
Message-ID: <1992Dec22.030202.13922@meiko.com>
Date: 22 Dec 92 03:02:02 GMT
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