Re: so why is IETF stilling adding DES to protocols? (Re: It's official... DES is History)

[David Honig]

At 07:43 AM 6/26/99 -0700, David G. Koontz wrote:
>DES isn't secure how?  Certainly it isn't absolutely secure, and
>probably never has been.  Is it secure enough to keep a cracker from
>grabbing passwords flying by?  In most cases yes.  The effort for
>individuals to break DES is significant in terms of hardware, money
>and time.

PC week has a description of DARPA's requirements for a COTS 
DARPA-managed 50-user VPN with remote capabilities (and a 24/7 help
desk...)  "DARPA requires 128 bit keys, because security is more important
than standards compliance".

dh