James, That one is easy. NSA does not get all the recovery key info from stuff developed in Australia. On Fri, 13 Feb 1998 James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au> wrote:

I'm just wondering if anyone else finds it particularly odd that while Australia is prepared to commit SAS troops, medical and intelligence personnel to a possible strike against Iraq, the US government still doesn't seem to trust us enough to use US developed cryptography products with adequate security.

- James.

Bob De Witt, rdew@el.nec.com Opinions expressed are my own, and in no way relate to those of my employer, or anyone else. -rdew