17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
6:17 p.m.
One thing this shows, even if the application of the technique turns out to be too difficult to be practical, is that Dorothy Denning's evaluation of the design was worthless. That team should have found this themselves. No wonder she was trying to play it down in the NYT.
It was my understanding that Denning was just looking at the Skipjack algorithm, and not the clipper unit as a whole. I wouldn't be too quick to condemn her on this point.