Re: NIST Draft Key Escrow Paper

[declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh)]

Contrary to what the attached note says, there is no draft copy available yet.

OMB publications at the number below says: "We're just finding out about
the report. We're not sure if they're going to give us copies or not."

-Declan


>   [Forward]
>
>   From: Elaine Frye <elaine.frye@nist.gov>
>   Subject: draft key escrow paper
>
>   May 20, 1996
>
>   Note
>
>   To:  Key Escrow Distribution List
>
>   From:  Ed Roback, NIST
>
>   Subject:  Release of DRAFT Key Escrow Paper
>
>   FYI, today the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on
>   Cryptography Policy released a DRAFT paper entitled
>   "Enabling Privacy, Commerce, Security and Public Safety in
>   the Global Information Infrastructure."
>
>   The DRAFT paper discusses a voluntary draft key management
>   infrastructure, supported by private sector key management
>   organizations, that would permit users and manufacturers
>   free choice of encryption algorithms, facilitate
>   international interoperability, preserve law enforcement
>   access, and, most importantly, provide strong system
>   security and integrity.  FYI, the paper was released by the
>   IWG co-chairs Ed Appel (NSC) and Bruce McConnell (OMB).
>
>   Comments on the draft paper are being solicited.  No
>   deadline is specified.
>
>   At present, I do not have an electronic copy of the draft
>   (25 pp).  Copies are available through the OMB publications
>   office at 202-395-7332.  I anticipate that the document
>   will soon be available widely on the net and will forward
>   you a web address when available.
>
>
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>   Computer Security Division
>   National Institute of Standards and Technology
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>   Gaithersburg, MD  20899-0001
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