[118986] in Cypherpunks
Former CIA cryptographer get's export lisense
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Tue Oct 12 02:11:47 1999
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From: Austin Hill <austin@zeroknowledge.com>
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Subject: Former CIA cryptographer get's export lisense
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:24:18 -0400
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Government approves Constructive Key Management System
By Ann Harrison
08/02/99 A former CIA official has developed a unique management system for
cryptographic keys that bypasses U.S. encryption export restrictions.
Edward M. Scheidt, the former CIA chief of cryptography and founder of
TecSec Inc. in Vienna, Va., developed the Constructive Key Management (CKM)
system, which the U.S. government has approved for export with a key length
of 392 bits. Most exportable U.S.-made encryption products are limited to
56-bit keys.
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/990802B7F6
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/990802B802
Talks about how arbitrary open source reviews aren't diserable unless NIST
orders them :)
-Austin
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