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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I just got this so thought I&#8217;d forward the
news!&nbsp; This is very good news for open source cryptography!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ron Teitelbaum<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Squeak Cryptography Team Leader<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> John Weathersby<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 06, 2007
4:19 PM<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>February 6, 2007<br>
<br>
Certificate 733 was posted just a few minutes ago.<br>
<a href="http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/140-1/1401val2007.htm">http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/140-1/1401val2007.htm</a><br>
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Here are the details.<br>
<a
href="http://www.oss-institute.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=210&amp;Itemid=123">http://www.oss-institute.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=210&amp;Itemid=123</a><br>
<br>
let the games begin.<br>
<br>
jmw<br>
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Special thanks to: Steve Marquess and Dr. Steve Henson for their tireless work
on this project.<br>
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  style='font-size:12.0pt'>John M. Weathersby, Jr.<br>
  Executive Director<br>
  <a href="www.oss-institute.org">Open Source Software Institute</a><br>
  <a href="www.ncospr.org">National Center for Open Source </a><br>
  <a href="www.ncospr.org">Policy and Research</a><br>
  tel: 601.427.0152<br>
  <br>
  Ad maiorem dei gloriam (AMDG)<br>
  Audentes fortuna juvat<br>
  <i><span style='font-style:italic'>(fortune favors the bold)</span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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