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I don't think OpenBSD ever recommended the use of single-DES. All the effort of having development outside the USA was to ensure that OpenBSD supported strong c
by djmdjm 16y ago
I don't think OpenBSD ever recommended the use of single-DES. All the effort of having development outside the USA was to ensure that OpenBSD supported strong crypto without export encumbrances.
- marshray 16y agoGood point, 56 bit crypto is so broken anyway it hardly needs a backdoor. But looking at the dates on the RFCs, 3DES had only been standardized for a couple of years. It's plausible that the intended users didn't know, or they could be convinced, that they were required to use 56-bit DES.