On Fri, 24 May 1996, jim bell wrote:
At 11:47 AM 5/24/96 -0400, Black Unicorn wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 1996, Ernest Hua wrote:
Could someone with some knowledge of NSA/DoS/FBI intentions please explain why key length limitations are necessary for escrowed encryption?
To deal with the possibility that someone might slip through the cracks of the escrow process.
However, this escrow process is claimed to be _voluntary._ And good, non-escrowed encryption already exists today, outside the US. It won't be "slipping through the cracks," it'll be like opening the floodgates. So the question is still open: Why key-length limitations on export?
I never said it was a reasonable explanation, I said it was an explanation. He asked about TLA intentions, not my views. Really, and when you look at these things in the context of the Clipper like plans, i.e. setting the defacto standard and chilling the development of unescrowed strong crypto, it covers the bases nicely. The assumption that needs to be looked at is that a standard setting plan will actually shape the market.
Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com
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