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Re: 3DES


Steve Bellovin writes:
> A more interesting topic is whether or not 3DES should be mandatory-
> to-implement.  I suggest that it should be -- DES is obviously doomed
> (pick your favorite time constant), and we should take that into
> account.  We're better off if the IPSEC boxes being deployed now are
> ready to switch.

If the political gurus feel we could do so, I would happily agree with 
the suggestion. As I've said in the past, modulo political problems we 
all probably wanted 3DES several years ago -- at this point, its moved 
from important to necessary.

Perry
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