EFF "Privacy - Crypto - Key Escrow 1995 (US): Clipper II" Archive

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bsa_escrow_090695.testimony

Business Software Alliance testimony at NIST Sept 6 95 key escrow meeting

cdt_escrow_090795.testimony

Center for Democracy & Technology testimony at NIST Sept 7 95 key escrow meeting

denning_escrow_090695.testimony

Prof. Dorothy Denning testimony at NIST Sept 6 95 key escrow meeting

eff_nrc_crypto_study_steele_041295.testimony

April 12, 1995 testimony of Shari Steele, Director of Legal Services at EFF, before the Committee to Study National Cryptography Policy of the National Research Council.

ellison_nist_key_escrow_meet_0995.summary

Carl Ellison's summary of the Sept 6-7 95 NIST key escrow meetings.

farrell_nist_key_escrow_meet_0995.summary

Pat Farrell's summary of the Sept 6-7 95 NIST key escrow meetings.

hoffman_ictsp_escrow_090795.presentation

Lance Hoffman of ICTSP presentation at NIST Sept 7 95 key escrow meeting

lesher_nist_key_escrow_meet_0995.summary

David Lesher's summary of the Sept 6-7 95 NIST key escrow meetings.

lewis_960911_escrow.article

Peter Lewis column on "Clipper II" key escrow and Clinton Administration crypto export policy. Good backgrounder if you're new to the issue.

nist_key_escrow_meet_0995.agendas

4 "workshop" agendas for the NIST Sept. 6-7 key escrow meetings. (see below for original press release.) The last of the 4 is essentially a new Clinton Administration cryptography export policy.

nist_key_escrow_meet_95_announce.old

Original NIST announcement of semi-public NIST meetings on commercial key escrow (labelled "Clipper 2" by privacy advocates). The meetings were held Sept. 6-7 1995.

nist_wh_escrow_090695_testimony.outline

NIST and White House testimony at NIST Sept 6 95 key escrow meeting

plesser_nist_key_escrow.analysis

Ron Plesser (Piper & Marbury, CIX) analysis of new NIST key escrow & export policy drafts, and the Sept. 95 meetings.

sweet_ns_escrow_090695.testimony

Bill Sweet (National Semiconductor) testimony at NIST Sept 6 95 key escrow meeting

tecsec_escrow_090695.testimony

TECSEC testimony at NIST Sept 6 95 key escrow meeting

tis_escrow_090695.testimony

Trusted Information Systems' testimony at NIST Sept 6 95 key escrow meeting

tis_escrow_090795.presentation

Trusted Info. Systems presentation at NIST Sept. 7 95 key escrow meeting

vtw_escrow_090695.testimony

Voters Telecommunications Watch testimony at NIST Sept 6 95 key escrow meeting

vtw_nist_key_escrow_meet_0995.summary

Voters Telecom Watch summary of the Sept. 6-7 and Sept. 15 key escrow meetings held by NIST. The outlook is rather bleak.

workgroup_nist_key_escrow_meet_090695.reports

two reports from the temporary working groups of the NIST Sept. 6-7 key escrow meetings.

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Related On-Site Resources

Clipper   Link to directory of documents

on the original NSA "Clipper" digital wiretap key "escrow" system (1993-4)

Clipper III   Link to directory of documents

on the 1996 IWGCP draft key "escrow" scheme, referred to commonly as "Clipper III" or "Clipper 3"), and revised 1996-7 US crypto export policy in which medium strength crypto can be exported but only if key "escrowed" within 2 years (commonly called "Clipper 3.11").

Euro-Clipper  directory of info

on key "escrow" and "trusted third party" schemes in Europe, labelled "Euro-Clipper" by many.

Links to Related Off-Site Resources

Declassified documents reveal that,

despite promises of "voluntary" key escrow, FBI and NSA both believe that Clipper-like systems "will only work" if made mandatory
(docs available via EPIC web site)

Carl Ellison's archive of info

on the NIST Key Escrow meetings

Electronic Privacy Info. Center's Encryption Policy pages

CDT Crypto Issues Page

Encryption Policy Resource Pages

Internet Privacy Coalition