re clipper and conference calls in article shockwave win net jhupp shockwave win net jeff hupp writes conference calls it s not clipper it s any encryption system i ve seen a number of designs they generally involve a multi line cleartext bridge a multi line cleartext bridge and just were would you put that bridge if it isn t at one of the receiptants location forget encryption at all you have blown any security you thought you might have had most of the people using encrypted conference bridges these days are military or equivalent like cia and other embassy personnel so putting bridges on the recipient s location is normal it s in a vault on a military base or ft meade and the secure phones are in sound proof rooms with big locks on the doors because they re talking about classified stuff or golf with other generals that paradigm will change as we start using encrypted phones in our offices or homes to carry on normal conversations about dinner plans and stock purchases and meeting schedules and technical info and the good batch of illegal frop that we got last weekend from bob most people don t use sound proof vaults and may use bridges in their pbx or from the local phone company way calls or long distance or value added phone company e g alliance conference bridges if clipjack is mainly used for the radio portion of cellular phones the conferencing aspects don t change but there may be a market niche for trusted conference bridge providers though i suppose the inquisitors would try to get a blanket wiretap authorization for many bridges just in case a bad guy might use the service pray for peace bill bill stewart wcs anchor att com at t bell labs m holmdel nj no i m from new jersey i only work in cyberspace white house commect line fax
