1997-04-22 - SNL/NSA Crypto Security

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From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-04-22 03:59:08 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:59:08 -0700 (PDT)

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From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:59:08 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: SNL/NSA Crypto Security
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970422035737.006e3388@pop.pipeline.com>
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Cryptographer William Payne has shared afidavits that
describe SCIF procedures at Sandia National Laboratory 
for its NSA crypto work.

One affidavit cites Payne's claim to knowing how to "easily 
break public key encryption" but refused to tell NSA, thus
harming SNL's customer relations.

http://jya.com/nsasuit4.htm







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