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Re: Is CDMF secure?

To: Bill Stewart <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Anonymous), [email protected]
Subject: Re: Is CDMF secure?
From: Bill Frantz <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:31:41 -0800
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
Sender: [email protected]

At 11:55 PM -0800 3/2/98, Bill Stewart wrote:
>>Is CDMF secure?  and, What sort of algorithm is it?  Thanks.
>
>CMDF is a version of DES watered down to 40-bit key strength.
>I think IBM was to blame; it was designed for exportability.

Well, to IBM's credit, they didn't call it secure.  They called it a Data
Masking Facility.


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References:
- Is CDMF secure?
  - From: [email protected] (Anonymous)
- Re: Is CDMF secure?
  - From: Bill Stewart <[email protected]>

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