Re: boycott GAKkers (was Re: NYT on IBM GAK)

[The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>]

On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Mark M. wrote:

> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 20:39:58 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>
> To: cypherpunks@toad.com, Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: boycott GAKkers (was Re: NYT on IBM GAK)
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> On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Adam Back wrote:
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> > (I've seen HP, Sun, RSADSI, TIS, Apple, Atalla, DEC, Groupe Bull, IBM,
> > NCR Corp., and UPS mentioned).  Any confirmations?  Denials?
> 
> IBM and TIS are definitely pro-GAK.  TIS is selling a firewall that uses
> GAKked DES.  IBM has been working on developing the "key recovery" technology.
> The article posted here a while ago that told of IBM's plans to support GAK
> also said that they were planning to license the technology to Sun and
> Netscape.  I don't know about the accuracy of that last statement.
> 
> Mark
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So really, what it boils down to is that the masses (thats us) have o
crack DES before GAK is imposed.

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