licensing this actually supports bill s speculation if there is a backdoor in rsaref and if pkp is supported secretly by the nsa then it is more than natural that they will welcome any public key implementation that uses rsaref and will strongly oppose themselves against any implementation that doesn t my speculation does not include or depend upon a trapdoor in rsaref i do not believe that rsa would consent to such however there are other limitation in the concept of rsaref in which nsa has an interest it has an interest in a limited number of implementations i e targets it has an interest in fixed key or maximum modulus size it has a legitimate literally right to pursue such interests within bounds it probably has a right to pursue those interests by covert means at least it has the same right as the rest of us not to disclose all of its motives and intentions institutions are not self aware they do not know their intentions in any meaningful sense william hugh murray executive consultant information system security locust avenue suite new canaan connecticut att wmurray whmurray at dockmaster ncsc mil
