Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 11:15:15 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Mike Smith <msmith@cdrom.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VNC on FreeBSD (fwd) Message-ID: <199803020045.LAA28427@cain.gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:24:39 -0800." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980227172146.4430B-100000@pike.cdrom.com>
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> I just committed a port for the VNC system from ORL, which uses > 56-bit DES for password encryption. Interestingly, the code > was developed in the UK, but the DES sources were obtained from > the USA. Hmm, AFAIK 40 bit keys are the longest that are allowed to be exported.. I had a quick look on the web, but I couldn't actually find a direct statement on this :) (www.rsa.com is down which has a FAQ about this stuff) The quote I got was 'The report argues that computer products with 40-bit encryption keys "offer virtually no protection at this point" from brute force attacks.' ... which impiles 40 bits is all you get out the US :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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