From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
Subject: Re: opinions of RC2 alg.
Reply-To: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
Organization: Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
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Markowitz@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL writes:

> It is interesting to note in this regard that permission to export
> PKZIP's encryption scheme has twice been denied by NSA.  Draw you own
> conclusions.

Uh, I'm afraid that your information is slightly out of date... PKWare
has obtained a license to export their program to the whole world,
except a very limited list of countries... Draw your own conclusions
about the strength of the algorithm... :-)

Regards,
Vesselin
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Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev          Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
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