Date:         Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:28:53 -0700
Reply-To:     David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
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From:         David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS Data File protection.
In-Reply-To:  <200607051256.k65AkcVQ000521@mailgw.cc.uga.edu>
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lrak@FREEMAIL.HU wrote:
>Dear Members,
>
>I would like to know the the encryption algorithm used for SAS Data
>File Encryption and the options which can be used for password settings
>(history, dictionary check, lenght and format,...).
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>BR
>Laszlo

I too would like to know the encryption algorithms.  But it isn't going
to happen.  They're proprietary.  (Some of them, anyway.)

As for the encryption options, you can look them up in the SAS OnlineDoc(R).
They differ for the four basic security services (SAS Proprietary,
SAS/SECURE,
SSL for Unix, and SSL for Windows).  So there's too much stuff to cover in
a memo in SAS-L.

SAS/SECURE may not be available to you, since it falls under some of the
U.S. export regulations.  (See the ITAR if you want.)  Encryption in this
may be any of the following, depending on your country and your OS:
RC2, RC4, DES, TripleDES, or the MS CryptoAPI.

HTH,
David
--
David L. Cassell
mathematical statistician
Design Pathways
3115 NW Norwood Pl.
Corvallis OR 97330

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