On Nov 15, Phil Karn wrote: After reading the details of that (formerly) secret back-room agreement between NSA and SPA, I don't think I'll *ever* trust a commercial encryption package, especially one for which source code is unavailable for scrutiny. Could Phil or anyone give more details about that agreement and/or where one could read more about it? -- edgar@spectrx.saigon.com (Edgar W. Swank) SPECTROX SYSTEMS +1.408.252.1005 Silicon Valley, Ca