re dorothy denning opposes clipper capstone wiretap chips the security of the system does depend only on the secrecy of the keys the ability to tap is an inherent insecurity which depends fundamentally on the secrecy of the algorithm to spell it out because so many people seem to miss the point if the algorithm were published anyone could create a chip which would work correctly with the skipjack chips but which would not have its key registered i believe there is no technical means of ensuring key escrow without the government maintaining a secret of some kind for example the secret could be the private keys of the escrow agencies their digital signatures would be required before a key could be used in this case the nsa nist whoever has decided that protecting the entire algorithm is easier cheaper more secure than other possible protocols kian tat lim ktl wag caltech edu genie k lim materials molecular simulation center caltech henry spencer left of margaret puckette signature fan
