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NSA influence over cellular phone crypto

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NODE d44fd049NSA influence over cellular phone crypto Random H0Z3R <nobody@c2.org>Sun, 12 Jun 94 04:41:41 PDT

Phil Karn:
>No, RC4 is not the European cellular phone encryption algorithm, but
>that 32-bit figure *has* come up in discussions of what NSA will allow
>the carriers to put into next-generation digital cellular telephones.    

This is an interesting comment.  How, specifically, is the NSA
influencing these decisions?  Does it have any official 
say in the matter?