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echo: binkd
to: RICHARD MENEDETTER
from: ROB SWINDELL
date: 2019-12-17 12:29:00
subject: Binkd and TLS

  Re: Binkd and TLS
  By: Richard Menedetter to Michiel van der Vlist on Tue Dec 17 2019 02:31 pm

 >  MV> Binkp's CRYPT protects against unauthorised listeners on the channel.
 >  MV> I am not aware of binkp's security being compromised.
 >
 > I am also not aware of it.

Binkd's CRYPT option uses the PKZIP method of encryption which in considered
"weak" when compared to modern methods:
https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/72910/how-safe-can-pkzip-compatible-
encryption-be

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