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Re: Needing references on FWZ-1 algorythm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bill.stewart@pobox.com)
Tue Dec 29 13:45:21 1998
From: bill.stewart@pobox.com
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:49:13 -0800
To: "Alan Olsen" <alano@adams.pcx.ncd.com>, cryptography@c2.net
X-UPAS-Original-From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <9812281407.ZM9276@adams.pcx.ncd.com>
At 02:07 PM 12/28/98 -0800, Alan Olsen wrote:
>I need general and/or specific information on the FWZ-1 algorythm.
>This is used by the Firewall-1 VPN software.
>I have been trying to find details beyond the marketing hype.
>Wanting to know just how bad it is beyond "exportable protocol".
Unless I'm mixing it up with a different firewall maker's algorithm,
FWZ-1 is another "Our trademark lawyers won't let us call it RC4",
and if it's exportable it's probably 40 bits, though perhaps they've
been allowed to upgrade to 48 or 56 bits.
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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