NIST meetings with industry, Fall 95

• Allow export of up to 56-bit algorithms, provided the keys are escrowed with government approved “escrow agents”

• But

  • no interoperability between escrowed and non-escrowed systems
  • escrow cannot be disabled
  • escrow agents must be certified by US government or by foreign governments with whom US has formal agreements

• Talks broke down

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