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FYI: More on Clipper from RISKS
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 16 May 1993 19:25:41 -0500
------ Forwarded Message Date: Wed, 12 May 93 10:20:42 EDT From: denning () cs cosc georgetown edu (Dorothy Denning) Subject: Re: New NIST/NSA Revelations David Sobel, CPSR Legal Council, wrote in RISKS DIGEST 14.59: The proposed DSS was widely criticized within the computer industry for its perceived weak security and inferiority to an existing authentication technology known as the RSA algorithm. Many observers have speculated that the RSA technique was disfavored by NSA because it was, in fact, more secure than the NSA-proposed algorithm and because the RSA technique could also be used to encrypt data very securely. This is terribly misleading. NIST issued the DSS proposal along with a public call for comments as part of their normal practice with proposed standards. The community responded, and NIST promptly addressed the security concerns. Among other things, the DSS now accommodates longer keys (up to 1024 bits). As a result of the revisions, the DSS is now considered to be just as strong as RSA. Dorothy Denning ------ End of Forwarded Message
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