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

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Tue Jul 25 00:33:43 UTC 2006


Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> 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

But it's still suspended.
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