US-Canadian body suspends certification of open-source encryption tool

[Scott Elcomb]

>From IT World Canada:

US-Canadian body suspends certification of open-source encryption tool
Move criticized as a concession to proprietary technology vendors

By: Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld (US online)  (24 Jul 2006)

"A joint U.S. and Canadian organization that certifies encryption
tools for use by federal government agencies has suspended its
validation of OpenSSL cryptographic technology for the second time in
less than six months.

The decision means that government agencies cannot purchase the
open-source tool for the time being, although those that have already
done so will still be allowed to use it. OpenSSL is an open-source
implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer
security protocols. It is widely used to encrypt and decrypt data on
the Internet."

Full story at:
http://tinyurl.com/fdgho
http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Daily-News/b6cfd84f-8646-4318-b231-1e80ca29ef61.html

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