re once tapped your code is no good any more in article apr chpc org rboudrie chpc org rob boudrie writes in article c so hxv demon co uk graham toal gtoal gtoal com writes in article rwing uucp pat rwing uucp pat myrto writes if the clinton clipper is so very good why not make its algrithm public so many people can exchange ideas and examine it rather than a few isolated respected experts respected by whom for what perhaps a one more time if they released the algorithm it would be possible for someone to come up with an implementation which was identical but lacking an escrowed key note that the press announcement mentioned that the algorithm was being kept secret for security of the key escrow system in this case security means an escrowed key for every clipper chip assuming you believed all that is said about the effective of the algorithm and the escrow system which would you buy a chip from firm a with the escrowed key b second source chip from reputable firm b with no key in government escrow there would obviously be powerful economic incentives for a second source non escrowed vendor but what about second sources for pin compatible non clipper algorithm chips that also have escrowed keys if a reputable firm produces a chip with escrowed key that is a pop in replacement for the clipper chip in my phone and uses an algorithm that is widely known and evaluated and trusted then what s the problem the clipper is going to be reverse engineered anyway by any organization with sufficient resources can you say billions of cocaine dollars so those drug dealers they re so worried about will be slipping through the cracks we law abiding non incredibly wealthy citizens naturally will not have this recourse but claiming that the algorithm can t be released to prevent people from using non key escrowed chips is plain deceitful analysis of the chip output will provide information on the necessary headers and whatnot so the bad guys could build chips using a different algorithm and still not escrow their keys or they could just buy bunches of cheap phones at k mart every week and play swap the clipper chip with their cellular phone every day michael t palmer a man is crazy who writes a secret in any m t palmer larc nasa gov other way than one which will conceal it ripem key on server from the vulgar roger bacon
