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Today's NY Times says that Novell and a bunch of other companies (including AT&T, but I haven't been able to track down any details yet) *and* the British Ministry of Defense are going to announce a new crypto standard. The article indicated that RSA and DES were going to be used, and portrayed the announcement as a rebuff to Clipper. --Steve Bellovin
According to smb@research.att.com: > > Today's NY Times says that Novell and a bunch of other companies (including > AT&T, but I haven't been able to track down any details yet) *and* It would seem that AT&T has taken waffing-lessons from Clinton. They are now on both sides of the game, if this report is true. > the British Ministry of Defense are going to announce a new crypto > standard. The article indicated that RSA and DES were going to be > used, and portrayed the announcement as a rebuff to Clipper. Maybe Billary is too..... ;^) +-----------------------+-----------------------------+---------+ | J. Michael Diehl ;-) | I thought I was wrong once. | PGP KEY | | mdiehl@triton.unm.edu | But, I was mistaken. |available| | mike.diehl@fido.org | | Ask Me! | | (505) 299-2282 +-----------------------------+---------+ | | +------"I'm just looking for the opportunity to be -------------+ | Politically Incorrect!" <Me> | +-----If codes are outlawed, only criminals wil have codes.-----+ +----Is Big Brother in your phone? If you don't know, ask me---+