1994-04-28 - your mail

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From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-04-28 16:00:03 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 09:00:03 PDT

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From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 09:00:03 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: your mail
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>could clipper be the repeat of this story?  on the surface, it all
>looks pretty suspicious, and maybe the character of the nsa has
>changed since the 70s, but we can't dismiss the possibility that it
>really is somehow in our own best interests.  remember, they know more
>about cryptography than any other group anywhere in the world.

Clipper has a front door.  Skipjack doesn't.

Skipjack may be a fine cipher, but I sure as hell don't want Clipper.
Last I heard you couldn't get one without the other.

Eric





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