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Article #687Re: Are DES restriction even logically sound?
From: John G Dobnick
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 07:19
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 07:19
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From article <1992Sep5.164646.21443@uwm.edu>, by markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark):
> Supposing I have a complete description of DES in text form, and I split it
> into 8 parts, with file N containing every 8th character modulo N.
>
> If 100 people each decide to post one of these files (they make a random
> choice without knowing about the other 99 people even being there), and posts
> it to a place that can be publically accessed outside the US, then have any
> restrictions on DES been violated? If so, who violated them? How?
As I understand things...
The description of DES is public knowledge. Do what you want with it.
However, software _implementations_ of DES have been deemed "munitions",
and are thus restricted by the US Gummint ("We're your friends! Trust
us!").
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!jgd From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) Subject: Re: Are DES restriction even logically sound? Message-ID: <1992Sep6.071901.21881@uwm.edu> Originator: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Sender: news@uwm.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee References: <1992Sep5.164646.21443@uwm.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 07:19:01 GMT Lines: 25