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- From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: DES (Was: Re: 800MHz
- Message-ID: <Foy8wB3w164w@k5qwb.lonestar.org>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 15:39:26 GMT
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- Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb
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- Owen.Lewis@purplet.demon.co.uk (Owen Lewis) writes:
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- > -=> Quoting Lyle_seamanAllransarc.com to All <=-
- >
- > (Owen Lewis) writes:
- > > Does the US government (use DES)? I believe not.
- >
- > Ly> I would bet that this is because they want classified material to be
- > Ly> safe for a hundred years or so. They recognize that DES (while it may
- > Ly> be relatively safe for the near future) will be highly vulnerable to
- > Ly> brute-force attack within 50 years, and they have a lot of secrets
- > Ly> they'd rather no one found out about. It doesn't have to be because
- > Ly> there are hidden flaws in DES.
- >
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- Yes, the U.S. Government REQUIRES DES for some devices. Motorola's
- radios can use DES or Motorola's own system for voice encryption. The
- Gov't requires DES. It's true, however, that DES is not permitted for
- protecting classified information.
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