December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Secure Cell Phones for State
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Motorola's site is informative (thanks for the pointers and comments), and perhaps cannot reveal the detail needed to compare security level to other systems in the US and other countries. Dave Emery probes the tech questions a bit and I'll go further, with Adam Shostack and others, to ask as a citizen why we cannot purchase the level of cell phone privacy that our gov and mil folks can with our money (a return to the NSA-crippled algo of CMEA and CAVE). There has been some discussion of this on UK Crypto about the various telco security systems in Europe and the same critique of a double standard has been made. Cell phone manufacturers would have a big stake in who gets the best security to the global public first. Moreover, as Scientific American points out in its special section this month, applications of wireless technology are rapidly growing for a host of new information distribution, collection and interactive purposes. The need for security of this data floating through the spectrum could hardly be greater, not only for privacy but for prtoection against tampering, insertion of disinformation, and a variety of new ways to warp data to fit schemes the owners and originators never dreamed of. Is end to end encryption of the STU-III sort going to be needed for all wireless or are there other plans in the works at TLAs and TIAs? It would be greatly appreciated if those who may be tongue-tied by NDA and worse, if we were pointed in the right direction by, say, semaphore, to the likely places where we can dig out, say, by FOIA, what we need to know about Albright-privileged wireless security. Finally, are the TAC-2000 units useful for the Secretary's global travels? If so, are they supported by military networks overseas? Or do American officials use a different system when traveling? Note: We're commencing a log of this discussion of this topic from several lists at: http://jya.com/tac-2000.htm

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NSA on GAK Risks (correction)
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Correct URL for full FCW article: http://jya.com/nsa-krisks.htm (5K)

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NSA on GAK Risks
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Federal Computer Week, April 6, 1998: NSA report details risks of key-recovery technology The National Security Agency has prepared a report that may be the first federal government documentation of the potential risks posed by the encryption technology that has been at the center of a raging debate between the Clinton administration and industry. The report, "Threat and Vulnerability Model for Key Recovery," pointed out that certain law enforcement agents and officials operating key-recovery centers could pose the greatest threat to a key-recovery system -- and to the users' data, which is encrypted by the system -- if proper security mechanisms were not in place. Full article: http://jya.com-krisks.htm (5K) Any leads on getting a copy of the NSA report would be appreciated.

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Re: Kalifornia Scoffs at Privacy for Minors
by Schaerer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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