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`Marimba, friends suppon
`data replication protocol
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`• Proposed standard sent to W3C
`8y L>·rida Rad()stl•id1
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`Worid \\1ide \'\'eb Con$Qnium
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`r.:pli~tion Ovc:r th~ ll'lttrnel.
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`scapc: Communications, J\'ovell,
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`d:n.t c::apabilities in ;'>.·farimba's
`Castan et products, the Uistribu(cid:173)
`tion and Replication Pro tocol
`(DRP} iS a.n cnhanctmt'nt to the
`HTTP pn.>t0<:ol.
`DRP aims to reduce l.ntcrnet
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`dU-trlbulion ~nd p ui:h;:d contcnl
`updatcS,$<lid Arlhur\·an Hoff.chic!f
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`Other companies Clldorsing the
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`PcopleSoft. Sybase. Sym-ant~~ 3nd
`'toshib.l.
`Notably absent from the en·
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`Jl~~i/Lotus, but official:s at the an(cid:173)
`nounct1nt1n dowflpfayed Che gi·
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`th~ list of those who art" missing:'
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`dOt:$e the propOsal,
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`\ \t3C prt.>p(..'600 protooo.ls, inc.lud·
`ing oile callfd Pistrib~l'led Author·
`iog and Vtrsi.(lning{DAV).
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`creators, and the W3C ..... orking
`groups wiJJ look to find synergie.s
`a.nd 'oin e up \Vil.h the nlo~( oom(cid:173)
`prt h('nsive re<Ommt ndcd proto·
`col, van Hof, said.
`V<in Hoff dt·c.liocd to prcdkt
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`recommendation stage.
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`Tu.ner dico1 with Comn1unici1or.
`wiU work to incofporalt' the new
`ptCJt<><ul qo!tkly inlO ils prod1.1c::t:s,
`said Dannr Shadcr, vice president
`Qf develope1 rdatiOn$ '11 N'etsc:apt\
`in ~1ountair. View, Calif.
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`maturity. r-..1 t.rimba has alttad}' test·
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`raP,hlc design of tlie orfginal
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`eomput<'r .stcurity ~xpett for the
`US. Department o( Dclcnse before
`founding 1'JS in 1983, testified be·
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`lr.)\·c11iaJ key ;:-" row debate. Hi$
`su.nceon governn1enl con1rQf over
`encryption technolog}' export is
`s~m cwha1 u njque
`in 1hc software in·
`du.stry: There is an
`:.uc::ept:ib!e rniddle
`g1ou nd between
`S;ovt o unc1n's 1leed
`fe r recove.ry ~eys
`1(; dec:rypt crirnimJ CT)' CClllers i n St!'Ven
`communication$
`:lnd the need to or iright countries.
`protect the pri••acy
`of <'.l)m1nunie{l1ion:s. In ii co1wers:t·
`ti•)n with Info Vt'orld Sc.1>ior Editor
`l.yndll R<idC>stvich. \\tal,ker ex·
`plained his posit·ion on.encryp1ion
`er.port and other hot lnlcrn,ct srcu·
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`tion because It has to protect its
`$lull' fro1n l!Vttybt>dy el.sebnt cin·
`nol affo:d toMvc~n cmp~ccn.
`crypt romething and ha\~ no way
`to ge1 it back.
`V\'~ al~ have approva1 to offer
`l)n Gaontle1 triple· I) ES or 128·bit
`cncryp1ion wi1h key recovery. In
`<iddilion. we·ha\'e bollt a cryptO-·
`service provider tha1 ~ compa1ible
`• ... 1i1h the ~1ic::ro.soft c.r)'pti>graphic:
`A P! (thereby en:ibling cornpanic.s
`to a,dd encryption capa\:iJiti-l.'$ to
`\Vindows appli..:a·
`tions and :-.stablish
`internal kty r~cov·
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`l n r-..tarch, "·e gClt
`approval fro1n 1he
`Commerce l'>.:part •
`mt-11: t<;i ~ip 1 :?.8·
`bit cncr>'ption or
`1riple-DESencryp·
`tion with k:yrccov·
`ery in 0~1r .:ryptQ .ter\•iet ?tovide:t.
`We are testing it with a European
`cortuuissian piJot _fJfOject in livi::
`coun1ries right flow-.
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`in:;ttilleJ n1ore than
`t' dozen key recov·
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`wtiat ltYtl of tooyprion dotS ".:.ntlft
`4., provide for intemational"se?
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`cove.ry. "A'e also offer DES cncryp(cid:173)
`ti»n wi1h k.ty reoovtry bec;au~e
`th!re are companies that ,,·ant key
`recovery in order to recover thei1·
`o.immunjcations If 1hcy ever nel"d
`tc. O ur c1111omer Roy3J Duich
`S•elJ, for example. \Vanis encr)'P·
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`What level of t ncryption do y>U belitvt
`is nf!'tdtd to providt fOd~it sewrity?
`Jf )'OU •tt bujklit..g a syste1n that'$ go~
`ing to be around for a loni tln1e -
`bet~n four ;in1,.i l5yea1S- yo1.1'd
`bcttcr u.s<' trlp!c-~Ol:Sor 1l8~bit ("Jl·
`cryption today. But if ~u·re juS1
`prottctin~e-mail that isn'lg-c.).ins to
`maner two weeks or a )"!'ar from
`now. 56-bil oes is pi:rf«tly fine.
`In Juno. \\•hen 1n ad hoc 1eam
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