RE: Security Use Requirements

[Joshua Tseng <jtseng@NishanSystems.com>]

Ran,

>         It is illogical to argue that having NO SECURITY is
> better than having DES-CBC.  Since you appear to be doing
> precisely this, I must be confused by your words and not
> following you clearly.  Can you kindly clarify ?
> 

It's often been said that the only thing worse than NO SECURITY
is the ILLUSION of security.  Single DES is known to be cracked.
John is correct that 3DES is needed for a system to be "secure".

Josh