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[ PRIVACY Forum ] NSA employee will continue to co-chair influential
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NSA employee will continue to co-chair influential crypto standards group
http://j.mp/1bOBu7o (Ars Technica)
"Kevin Igoe, a senior cryptographer with the NSA's Commercial Solutions
Center, is one of two co-chairs of the Crypto Forum Research Group
(CFRG), which provides cryptographic guidance to working groups that
develop widely used standards for the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). On Sunday, the chair of the group that oversees appointments
to the CFRG rejected a recent call that Igoe be removed in light of
recent revelations the NSA has worked to deliberately weaken
international encryption standards."
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I feel this is the correct decision. Unless there is evidence to
present that this individual has behaved in a dishonorable or
otherwise inappropriate manner, he should not be subjected to summary
dismissal more suitable for witch hunt hysteria.
--Lauren--
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