re clipper crypto i sent a response to the white house at mcimail com white house and received a nice automatic reply from micmail noting in passing that if i had included a snail address i would get a reply in due course for those who care my reply was yes let s protect the voice network privately developed crypto has always been available and always will be so let s think about how to do law enforcement given that fact not about how to hope to legislate against it my needs for crypto as a system designer are not met by the clipper chip i want freely to export uses of algorithms like des rsa which are already freely available in the destination country disclaimer all opinions expressed are my own of course carl ellison cme sw stratus com stratus computer inc m bkw tel fairbanks boulevard marlborough ma fax
