From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 00:33:27 -0800 (PST)
To: KALLISTE@delphi.com
Subject: Re: Clipper Chip Banking
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KALLISTE@delphi.com wrote:
 
>       Just  as  the "Clipper"  proposal
> (the Escrowed Encryption Standard) is a
> system of encrypted communication  with
> a Big Brother peephole, so is Sandia e-
> cash  a  system of digital cash with  a
> Big  Brother peephole.  It was designed
> that way.
>        Why  is  Sandia  interested   in
> digital cash systems?  Well, Sandia  is
> responsible    for   all    non-nuclear
> components  of  nuclear  weapons.   The
> security  of  nuclear  weapons  depends
> partly   on   cryptology.   The   code-
> breaking   National   Security   Agency
> (NSA), for example, is responsible  for
> the   communication  security  of   the
> Minuteman missile, as well as the codes
> by  which  the President must  identify
> himself to authorize a nuclear strike.

  The main benefit of the proposed Sadia system is that it will
allow the President to do his banking while nuking the commies.
  Sound reasonable to me.
-- 
Toto
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