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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Hughes)
Thu Apr 28 12:10:58 1994
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 08:55:46 -0700
From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Erich von Hollander's message of Thu, 28 Apr 1994 03:15:21 -0700 <199404281015.DAA07257@soda.Berkeley.EDU>
>could clipper be the repeat of this story? on the surface, it all
>looks pretty suspicious, and maybe the character of the nsa has
>changed since the 70s, but we can't dismiss the possibility that it
>really is somehow in our own best interests. remember, they know more
>about cryptography than any other group anywhere in the world.
Clipper has a front door. Skipjack doesn't.
Skipjack may be a fine cipher, but I sure as hell don't want Clipper.
Last I heard you couldn't get one without the other.
Eric
