1995-08-10 - Re: “S1” encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting)

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From: Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com>
To: solman@mit.edu
Message Hash: 968c106021b92c9931e600a211150c5f53d5f84246d5b8469ba0a78a813637fe
Message ID: <199508100116.VAA08345@crypto.com>
Reply To: <9508100105.AA11391@ua.MIT.EDU>
UTC Datetime: 1995-08-10 01:08:53 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 9 Aug 95 18:08:53 PDT

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From: Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 95 18:08:53 PDT
To: solman@mit.edu
Subject: Re: "S1" encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting)
In-Reply-To: <9508100105.AA11391@ua.MIT.EDU>
Message-ID: <199508100116.VAA08345@crypto.com>
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>On a fair number of occassions I have been told that federal type folks
>have made statements to the effect that there is no such thing as a "TOP
>SECRET" classification of US government docs. Since really secret things
>tend to get neither confirmed nor denied, I am inclined to believe this.
>Thus SECRET is the top classification in today's government/military. If
>anybody knows otherwise I would be interested in the information.
>
>JWS

Well, I don't hold (and have never held) a clearance, but I've seen
declasified/sanitized documents that have crossed out "TOP SECRET"
markings all over them.

-matt

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• 1995-08-09 (Wed, 9 Aug 95 16:00:53 PDT) - “S1” encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting) - Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
  • 1995-08-09 (Wed, 9 Aug 95 16:51:42 PDT) - Re: “S1” encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting) - Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com>
    • 1995-08-10 (Wed, 9 Aug 95 18:05:40 PDT) - Re: “S1” encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting) - solman@MIT.EDU
      • 1995-08-10 (Wed, 9 Aug 95 18:08:53 PDT) - Re: “S1” encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting) - Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com>
    • 1995-08-10 (Wed, 9 Aug 95 23:19:09 PDT) - Re: “S1” encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting) - Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu>
      • 1995-08-10 (Thu, 10 Aug 95 01:45:34 PDT) - Re: “S1” encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting) - futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
  • 1995-08-10 (Wed, 9 Aug 95 17:59:48 PDT) - Re: “S1” encryption system (was: this looked like it might be interesting) - “Josh M. Osborne” <stripes@va.pubnix.com>