Firewalls: Re: Australian Encryption Report

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Subject:	Re: Australian Encryption Report
From:	"Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr @ iwi . com>
Organization:	Information Works! Inc, Baltimore, MD
Date:	Mon, 14 Aug 1995 21:28:45 -0400 (EDT)
To:	smith @ sctc . com (Rick Smith)
Cc:	firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, smith @ sctc . com
Coredump:	Infocalypse Now!!!
In-reply-to:	<199508142228 . RAA19877 @ shade . sctc . com> from "Rick Smith" at Aug 14, 95 05:28:55 pm
Phone:	410-889-8569
Reply-to:	mjr @ iwi . com
Url:	<A HREF="http://iwi.com/mjr/mjr-top.html">mjr's web page</A>

>If the crypto is so weak that it falls rapidly to a "sophisticated
>attack" that is widely available to law enforcement, then you can't
>use it for really critical transactions. If the good guys can deploy

	The sad fact is that a number of organizations are preparing
to deploy RC4-based encryption to protect commercial transactions,
thanks to the short-sighted efforts of our cold war relics.

mjr.

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Re: Australian Encryption Report
From: Rick Smith <smith @ sctc . com>

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