From: pcw@access.digex.net (Peter Wayner)
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 94 14:46:09 PDT
To: SINCLAIR  DOUGLAS N <sinclai@ecf.toronto.edu>
Subject: Re: News Flash: Clipper Bug?
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>> One thing this shows, even if the application of the technique turns out
>> to be too difficult to be practical, is that Dorothy Denning's evaluation
>> of the design was worthless.  That team should have found this themselves.
>> No wonder she was trying to play it down in the NYT.
>
>It was my understanding that Denning was just looking at the Skipjack
>algorithm, and not the clipper unit as a whole.  I wouldn't be too quick
>to condemn her on this point.

Of course, Dorothy Denning could simply say, "Gosh, the Blaze result
shows how to make Clipper _more_ secure for the average user. Now they
don't have to worry about the government. I stand by my assessment that
it is secure."