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

[Evan Leibovitch]

Scott Elcomb wrote:

> 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.


Some news travels slowly.

The suspension was in error, and the validation has since been un-revoked:
http://oss-institute.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=166

- Evan

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