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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!hri.com!noc.near.net!meiko.com!philip
  2. From: philip@meiko.com (Philip Gladstone)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.crypt
  4. Subject: Re: Exporting password protection
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.030202.13922@meiko.com>
  6. Date: 22 Dec 92 03:02:02 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec21.065550.16784@rosevax.rosemount.com>
  8. Distribution: usa
  9. Organization: Meiko Scientific Corp.
  10. Lines: 12
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  12. bill@texan.rosemount.com (William Hawkins) writes:
  13. [stuff deleted]
  14. : the data
  15. : encryption algorithm is RC4 and/or RC2 with a key space of 40
  16. : bits.  It is noted that RC4 and RC2 are proprietary to RSA
  17. : Data Security, Inc.  
  18.  
  19. Is there a published description of these algorithms anywhere? If not,
  20. then does anyone know if software incorporating these algorithms has
  21. actually been exported out of the US?
  22.  
  23. Philip
  24.