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Re: Bovine DES-II Challange - very important that you join



In message <Pine.A41.3.96-heb-2.07.980121234202.53030A-100000@max.ibm.net.il> y
ou write:
|On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Amos Shapira wrote:
|
|> Hi,
|> 
|> I see that currently I'm the only one from the .il domain to register
|> blocks for the Distributed.net DES-II challange.  As the prise money
|> is halfed after the first 45 days it is very important to try to beat
|> DES-II within that time period.
|I thought the DES client can't be downloaded out of US, because of US
|export regulation. 
|AFAIK, RC5-64 Challenge was okay. and DES is for US only.
|am I wrong here?

YES.  You are wrong here.  They clearly state that the DES client is
available anywere, including outside the US.

--Amos

--Amos Shapira                    | "Of course Australia was marked for
133 Shlomo Ben-Yosef st.          |  glory, for its people had been chosen
Jerusalem 93 805                  |  by the finest judges in England."
ISRAEL        amos@gezernet.co.il |                     -- Anonymous