Licensing and Usage
Several people have asked me about licensing issues, and whether it is possible
to use this version of DES in a commercial or personal application. This page
tries to answer that question, and also shows known places where this DES algorithm is being used.
Licensing
The Javascript version of DES is based on a C version written and copyrighted
by Eric Young as part of his SSL implementation. I went line by line through
the C code, also following an in-depth description of the algorithm from
another publication, and slowly built up the Javascript version. So as far
as I am concerned the Javascript, Perl and PHP versions can be used in any
way you would like, though I would like to be informed of any commercial usage.
But I don't know if there are any other licensing implications. I would be
very pleased if someone legally minded could tell me.
Usage
I only started doing this in August 2008 so it's not complete. Please
send me any other uses you find.
- Encryptadoro -
a widget for the Mac OS X dashboard for encrypting passwords
- Omerta - for encrypting and decrypting messages
- DES Password Pro -
for creating multiple user Javascript login forms
- e-Will -
a safe way to send messages to friends in case something happens to you (added 31/8/2008)
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