News Flash: Clipper Bug?
Is this for real? Or did some future Nobel prize winner discover that PGP exists? WIRETAP FLAW NEW YORK (AP) -- A computer scientist reportedly has discovered a basic flaw in coding technology that the Clinton administration has been promoting as a standard for electronic communications. Matthew Blaze, a researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories, told the New York Times that his research had shown that someone with sufficient computer skills can beat the government's technology by encoding messages so that no one, not even the government, can crack them. The administration has been urging private industry to adopt the so-called ``Clipper chip'' as a standard encoding system.
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Is this for real? Or did some future Nobel prize winner discover that PGP exists?
Thank you, Nik, for that insight. My friend Matt Blaze at Bell Labs showed that you can forge LEAFs on Tessera cards so that you can use Skipjack without anyone being able to get the key you are using. Its a slick piece of work -- slick enough that it made the front page of today's New York Times. I'm not sure how practical it is, but its extraordinarily noteworthy. Perry
WIRETAP FLAW NEW YORK (AP) -- A computer scientist reportedly has discovered a basic flaw in coding technology that the Clinton administration has been promoting as a standard for electronic communications. Matthew Blaze, a researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories, told the New York Times that his research had shown that someone with sufficient computer skills can beat the government's technology by encoding messages so that no one, not even the government, can crack them. The administration has been urging private industry to adopt the so-called ``Clipper chip'' as a standard encoding system.
Matthew Blaze, a researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories, told the New York Times that his research had shown that someone with sufficient computer skills can beat the government's technology by encoding messages so that no one, not even the government, can crack them.
Sounds like pre-encryption, after to the usual journalistic garbling. Maybe not, I'll drop him a cc: (if I remember the address correctly). Eli ebrandt@hmc.edu
Eli Brandt says:
Matthew Blaze, a researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories, told the New York Times that his research had shown that someone with sufficient computer skills can beat the government's technology by encoding messages so that no one, not even the government, can crack them.
Sounds like pre-encryption, after to the usual journalistic garbling. Maybe not, I'll drop him a cc: (if I remember the address correctly).
Its not pre-encryption. He's actually getting around the key escrow features and using Skipjack in a secure manner. Its very slick. Perry
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