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Re: Lotus Notes
Lucky Green wrote:
>
> At 11:09 1/30/96, Charlie_Kaufman/[email protected] wrote:
>
> >p.s. re: the fact that it's 64 bits rather than 128. That was the limit on key
> >size of the crypto software we licensed from a third party. That crypto
> >software also limited us to 760 bit RSA keys.
>
> I find this very interesting. RSA prohibits its licencees from using RSA
> software with truly secure keylenghts. What may have incenitvised them to
> take this bizzare position?
I don't want to defend RSA, their code, or their licensing practices,
but I don't know of any such restrictions in BSAFE.
--Jeff
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