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TL;DR: NIST responds to questions about Clipper, a US government-sponsored tamper-resistant chip that employs a classified algorithm and a key escrow facility that allows law enforcement, with the cooperation of two other parties, to decipher Clipper-encrypted traffic.
Abstract: Much has been said about Clipper and Capstone chips (the term Clipper will be used to describe both). Essentially, Clipper is a US government-sponsored tamper-resistant chip that employs a classified algorithm and a key escrow facility that allows law enforcement, with the cooperation of two other parties, to decipher Clipper-encrypted traffic. The stated purpose of the program is to offer telecommunications privacy to individuals, businesses, and government, while protecting the ability of law enforcement to conduct court-authorized wiretapping. This proposal, taken at face value, raises a number of serious questions. In the attempt to get answers, in May of this year I requested that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) respond to a list of questions. Their responses are included in this column.
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