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From: rsalz@osf.org (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.soft-sys.dce
Subject: Re: DCE secure core and DFS for BSDi?
Date: 27 Jul 1996 11:19:12 GMT
Organization: Open Software Foundation
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In <w5w687dysyo.fsf@mantis.austin.ibm.com> Chris Cowan <cc@mantis.austin.ibm.com> writes:
>There is nothing that would prevent someone from writing a
>"work-alike" based on the OSF RFCs, is there?

Primarily the AES volumes, not the RFC's.  Nope.  The only thing getting
in the way is that it is almost impossible to write the specs correctly
enough, and with enough detail, so that it is practical to do this. But
it's always been OSf's stated policy that doing this is a goal.

>I have always harbored the hope that someone would do this.

Me too.
	/r$