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From: Rich Salz rsalz@osf.org
Subject: /sys/src/libc/port/crypt.c
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 13:33:08 -0500

>An added bonus is general purpose encryption in libc.a.  This
>provides functionality to enable fast encrypted data streams.  My idea
>is to encrypt all data on the wire.  Am I being unreasonable?

Probably.  What's the encryption algorithm, how often are the keys changed,
how are sessions keys negotiated, how many bits in each key, etc.
	/r$