[39481] in Cypherpunks
Re: NSA and Netscape Crack (Re: NYT on Netscape Crack)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Grant Edwards)
Tue Sep 19 15:51:09 1995
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 15:43:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Thomas Grant Edwards <tedwards@Glue.umd.edu>
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <ac8391c012021004b6fc@[205.199.118.202]>
On Mon, 18 Sep 1995, Timothy C. May wrote:
> If the "flaws" are being found by our group, as John notes, just what is
> the NSA doing in the _second_ role it is supposed to have, it's "COMSEC,"
> or communications security, role?
Gee Tim, NSA is "helping" us out by creating Clipper and new key escrow
mechanisms ;)
"I'm from the NSA, I'm here to help your crypto..."
-Thomas
