re an open letter to mr clinton in article c oy z ily chinet chi il us schneier chinet chi il us bruce schneier writes in article strnlghtc m cv hx netcom com strnlght netcom com david sternlight writes here s a simple way to convert the clipper proposal to an unexceptionable one make it voluntary that is you get high quality secure nsa classified technology if you agree to escrow your key otherwise you are on your own as long as you are on your own means that you can use your own encryption i m sold bruce as am i if high quality secure nsa classified technology means handing my key over to whomever i ll take pgp any day right now they are billing it as voluntary i e bend over here it comes as soon as enough wiretap chip based units are out there how much easier do you think it will be to redefine on your own to mean write it yourself and don t even think about distributing it get honest no one is going to buy this trash if they know it s compromised already and less will buy it if the algorithm is not disclosed the nsa knows that making this stuff available to the public means handing it to whatever foreign powers are interested in the process since when has export control stopped anyone especially software wise ask yourself carefully if high quality secure nsa classified technology is something they are going to hand out not unless you can drive a nsa van through the holes uni dark uni acs bu edu public keys by finger and or request public key archives at pgp public keys pgp iastate edu df f b de b c c sovereignty is the sign of a brutal past cryptography is not a crime fight the big brother proposal
