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

[Bodo Moeller]

Tom Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> "William H. Geiger III":

>> [...] Netscrape, Micky$loth, & RSADSI may have no problem selling
>> false security to their customers, [...]

> Despite your contempt for Netscape and Microsoft, they do, in fact,
> sell strong crypto products where they are able to.

Unfortunately, though, often the cryptgraphically weak products are
used even though strong ones should be available; a prominent example
is the TLS server at www.microsoft.com.  If they don't bother to use
real cryptography themselves, why would their customers act
differently?