NODE f84f3eecRe: Unofficial Excerpt from InfoSecurity News
Ben.Goren@asu.eduThu, 16 Jun 94 12:21:09 PDT
>[. . .]
>The underlying purpose of this
>control is not just to facilitate court-approved
>wire taps, but also to discourage criminals
>and foreign entities from using Clipper/Skipjack
>technology. This control mechanism would force
>them to use other, less powerful, algorithms
>and key management.
>[. . . .]
>Donn B. Parker.
>dparker@sri.com
How can he breathe when his head is so far in the sand?
I've not seen one shred of evidence that Skipjack is strong--Ms. Denning's
statements are not evidence--and there're plenty of indications that triple
DES and IDEA are both unbreakable for the near future, at least.
That's an awfully arrogant position for code that's already leaking before
widespread dissemination (LEAF attack), let alone real analysis.
b&
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NODE 92121c9eRe: Unofficial Excerpt from InfoSecurity News
NetSurfer <jdwilson@gold.chem.hawaii.edu>Fri, 17 Jun 94 00:59:33 PDT
On Thu, 16 Jun 1994 Ben.Goren@asu.edu wrote:
>
> How can he breathe when his head is so far in the sand?
>
Somehow I thought this post might prove good discussion fodder.
I wonder if the original author has received any mail about this?
<hehehe>
-NetSurfer
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