[13106] in Cypherpunks
Re: EFF Summary of May 3 1994 Clipper and Digital Telephony Hearings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joshua geller)
Thu May 5 08:54:25 1994
From: joshua geller <joshua@cae.retix.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 05:48:47 -0700
To: comp-org-eff-talk@cs.utexas.edu, eff-activists@eff.org, sea-list@panix.com,
fringeware@io.com, cypherpunks@toad.com, thesegroups@tic.com,
jwarren@well.sf.ca.us, risks@csl.sri.com, TK0JUT2@MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU,
mech@eff.org
Cc: alt-politics-datahighway@cs.utexas.edu, talk-politics-crypto@cs.utexas.edu,
sci-crypt@cs.utexas.edu, misc-legal@cs.utexas.edu,
alt-censorship@cs.utexas.edu, alt-privacy@cs.utexas.edu,
alt-privacy-clipper@cs.utexas.edu, alt-security-pgp@cs.utexas.edu,
alt-wired@cs.utexas.edu, alt-society-resistance@cs.utexas.edu,
com-priv@psi.com, talk-politics-misc@cs.utexas.edu,
comp-org-cpsr-talk@cs.utexas.edu, comp-org-eff-news@cs.utexas.edu
> The Administration continues to maintain
> that the market would accept the Clipper standard based on the
> assumption that it is the strongest encryption scheme, regardless of who
> holds the keys.
but that is just an assumption if the algorithms are not available
for study.
> NSA's Clinton Brooks expressed support for Congressional Consideration
> of the Clipper issue. He argued that Clipper is a sound technological
> solution to a legitimate law enforcement and National Security dilemma,
> and that a public debate on its merits would eventually remove the
> misinformation and mistrust of government, and would prove Clipper to be
> in the public interest.
and 'a public debate on its merits' is difficult when details are secret.
josh
