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- From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Question about USA crypt export restrictions
- Message-ID: <1eh14tINN1gn@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 21:32:13 GMT
- References: <2643@cronos.metaphor.com>
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- In article <2643@cronos.metaphor.com> polk@Metaphor.COM (Ben Polk) writes:
- >Do the US crypt export restrictions prohibit distibution of
- >executable code that uses RSA to protect passwords?
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- You don't need RSA to protect passwords. All you need is a hash function.
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- Hash functions (eg., MD-5) are freely exportable.
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