Re: so why is IETF stilling adding DES to protocols?

[Bodo Moeller]

"James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> How very virtuous:  How about we put 56 bit crypto in, but
> instead of the browser saying "secure document", the browser
> says "weakly secure document.  Encryption weakened to meet
> the requirements of government eavesdroppers"?

I suggesting (following IBM policy as stated in the CDMF paper)
trying to avoid using the term "encryption" for 40-bit ciphers
and call it "data masking" instead.