re why the clipper algorithm is secret johnl iecc cambridge ma us john r levine writes the cryptographic protocol though is another matter i see no valid reasons for keeping it secret and as i hope i ve shown above there it just occurred to me why the algorithm is secret if it were published one could then build physically identical clone versions i recall seeing a post some time ago saying that if the details of an encryption scheme couldn t be revealed then the encryption scheme is worthless i believe the statement was in response to somebody saying that they had some new snazzy scheme but the algorithm was a secret does this algorithm depend on the fact that the scheme is secret or is it for the stated reasons above mike
