[11959] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Clipper and Aldrich Ames
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Chui)
Tue Apr 26 07:37:11 1994
To: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Apr 1994 21:54:02 -0400."
<199404260154.AA04309@world.std.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 01:04:10 -0500
From: Michael Chui <mchui@cs.indiana.edu>
bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
>This seems like a weird story, was the data encryption technology to
>be used with Clipper some sort of secret?
Yes. The Skipjack algorithm is classified, making an
public, independent vetting of its strength and security impossible.
Michael Chui
mchui@cs.indiana.edu
