17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
VACCINIA@uncvx1.oit.unc.edu says:
It is indeed a great achievement to best the NSA at its own game. This hack allows secure transmission and closes the LEAF backdoor. However, this only strengthens my belief that they don't really need this LEAF access, can you say trapdoor?
Your belief is without evidence. Its a supposition. I'd say that the NSA has a lot to lose by putting holes in Skipjack. None the less, I wouldn't use Skipjack, because I don't trust things I don't know the design of. Unless people can widely examine Skipjack I'd say it isn't trustworthy. There also is, of course, a very slim chance that they were silly enough to make Skipjack intentionally weak. However, that isn't a major factor IMHO. Perry