Re: Critics blast Windows 2000's quiet use of DES instead of 3DES

[Russell Nelson]

L. Sassaman writes:
 > PGP's source code has always been available for public review. This has
 > not changed. There are no "back doors" for the NSA in PGP,

<paranoia>Unless they are particularly subtle ones, based on a mathematical
understanding that is not yet publicly known.  Remember that the NSA
knew about differential cryptanalysis well before anyone else.  Times
have changed, but maybe less than we think.</paranoia>

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