two messages on "security" -- one for a hearing the other a rumor

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

From: mech () io com (Stanton McCandlish - EFF Online Activist/SysOp)
Subject: CLIPPER COMPROMIZED?
Date: 18 Mar 1994 10:26:53 -0600


According to a fax I received:


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CLIPPER COMPROMISED?  "Security Insider Report," a monthly newsletter
published in Seminole, Fla., has reported that government officials are
seeking to determine whether former CIA employee and alleged traitor
Aldrich Ames may have sold information to the Russians about the
government's secret key-escrow technology used in Clipper Chip chipsets
and Capstone Tessera cards.  The secret key-escrow technology, dubbed
Skipjack, can be used to encrypt network voice and data.


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This was faxed march 17, and consisted of part of a xeroxed page from a
publication; unfortunately I cannot tell what the publication is.
Some other headlines on it are "ARDIS aims to simplify radio-based
messaging", "Vendors curb wireless hype", "AnyLAN, anytime, anywhere",
and "Cheyenne prepares fix for ARCserv users woes".  Next to the Cheyenne
article is a round logo that says R.A.F. in large letters, and with the
following cirling the logo: Network World's Reader A[missing] Force.
"[missing]" means text that is cut off.  Anyone know what publication
this is, and which issue?  The page number is 2. My best guess is it's
Network World.  Any corroborating stories?










SS&T|NEWS
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2320 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515




                                  March 17, 1994




                                  Special Notice




      Because of considerable advance interest in next Tuesday's hearing on
Internet security, we are taking the liberty of including a witness list for
the hearing with this week's calendar mailing.  The hearing will take place
beginning at 9:30 a.m. in 2318 Rayburn on Tuesday, March 22, and will be
chaired by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA).


      The Subcommittee's interest in the issue arises in part because the
Internet is a prime method of communication between researchers in academia
and industry.  It is also a major means of communication for federal
researchers at agencies under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction.


      Recent break-ins on the Internet prompted the federal Computer
Emergency Response Team to issue a special alert to Internet users on
February 3, and suggest that the system may be more vulnerable than generally
acknowledged to deliberate destruction or alteration of computer files.  The
hearing will evaluate the status of security on the Internet today and will
examine measures currently available to enhance security, assess the
effectiveness and degree of implementation of such measures, and identify
obstacles to enhancing Internet security.


      A background memo prepared for Members by the Subcommittee is available
from the Committee press office by fax (202/225-8280) or email
(sstpress () hr house gov).  Broadcast reporters who plan to attend the hearing
should register with the House Radio and Television Gallery, and can call the
Committee press secretary (202-225-3359) for logistical information
and early access to the hearing room.


                                     #   #   #


For further information:  Rick Borchelt, 202/225-3359
                         (fax 202/225-8280)
                         (email "sstpress () hr house gov")




______________________________
George E. Brown, Jr.
Chairman
Robert S. Walker
Ranking Republican Member




SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE


Hearing on Internet Security


March 22, 1994


9:30 a.m. - 2318 Rayburn House Office Building






Tentative Witness List




Mr. L. Dain Gary, Manager
Computer Emergency Response Team Operations (CERT)
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(CERT is one of the coalition of response teams that form the
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, or FIRST)


Mr. Thomas T. Kubic
Chief, Financial Crimes Section
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, DC


Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, President
Internet Society
Reston, Virginia
(Senior VP of Data Architecture, MCI)


Mr. Lynn McNulty
Associate Director for Computer Security
Computer Systems Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland
(NIST is the secretariat for FIRST)


Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, Vice President
Trusted Information Systems
Glenwood, Maryland
(Chair, Privacy and Security Research Group,
Internet Research Task Force)