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Date:      Mon, 17 Feb 1997 13:59:43 -0800
From:      Nate Williams  <nate@sneezy.sri.com>
To:        Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Cc:        mal@bengt.algonet.se (Mats Lofkvist), freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: blowfish passwords in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199702172159.NAA25999@swift.rmlnet>
In-Reply-To: <199702142347.SAA18988@homeport.org>
References:  <199702142048.VAA08594@bengt> <199702142347.SAA18988@homeport.org>

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> 	Its also worth noting that hashes are designed to be one way
> functions, ciphers like Blowfish are not.  Though they can be
> converted back and forth, there can be subtilties that should be
> addressed.

If so, then we can't export BlowFish (legally) from the U.S.


Nate



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