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- From: davo@homer.corp.sgi.com (David Ferrise)
- Subject: Re: CRYPT for VMS?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.233004.11926@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Keywords: VAX Encryption
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- References: <1992Jul21.180554.27585@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:30:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul21.180554.27585@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, coar@Nephi.Enet.DEC.Com (Rodent of Unusual Size) writes:
- |> VAX Encryption is a software implementation of DES, complete with API. It
- |> also has a file authentication function that uses the strong cryptographic
- |> checksumming potential of DES, so you can use it to check, with high
- |> confidence, whether files have been munged.
- |>
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- Does anyone know if this encryption is compatible with DES encryption running on a Sun or Silicon Graphics workstation?
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