NODE 1745b2deRe: Clipper specifics
cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)Wed, 29 Sep 93 20:51:57 PDT
I'd be surprised if they allow you a month or two for more comments.
My current fantasy about Clipper is that the NSA did a deal with AT&T,
demanding removal of DES chips in favor of Skipjack, getting AT&T to buy
into a limited delay in product introduction with the gov't promising to
get the Skipjack standard in place by Summer so that the AT&T phones
weren't held up too long.
That's all out of my own head, but it hangs together.
Does anyone know specifics about AT&T's prior plans? Was there
a DES version?
- Carl